More is not less: Greater information quantity does not diminish liking

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 909-920

  Ullrich, Johannes ^a   Krueger, Joachim I ^b   Brod, Anna ^c   Groschupf, Fabian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Averaging rule; Information integration; Interpersonal liking; Person perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890064966     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033183     Document Type: Note

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