The Key Ingredients of Personality Traits: Situations, Behaviors, and Explanations

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-91

  Yang, Yu ^a   Read, Stephen J ^b   Denson, Thomas F ^c   Xu, Yiyuan ^d   Zhang, Jin ^e   Pedersen, William C ^f  

^a CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; person perception; personality; social cognitive theories; traits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSON PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORIES; TRAITS;

CULTURE; PERSON PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORIES; TRAITS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84890821890     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213505871     Document Type: Article

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