Judging the Behavior of People We Know: Objective Assessment, Confirmation of Preexisting Views, or Both?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 153-163

  Leising, Daniel ^a   Gallrein, Anne Marie B ^a   Dufner, Michael ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

accuracy; acquaintance; behavior; evaluation; judgment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACQUAINTANCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCURACY; ACQUAINTANCE; BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; JUDGMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892388172     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213507287     Document Type: Article

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