Personality as Manifest in Behavior: Direct Behavioral Observation Using the Revised Riverside Behavioral Q-Sort (RBQ-3.0)

Then A Miracle Occurs: Focusing on Behavior in Social Psychological Theory and Research

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Michael Furr, R ^a   Wagerman, Seth A ^b   Funder, David C ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Behavioral observation; Coding system; Personality; Riverside behavioral q sort; Social psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921258365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195377798.003.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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