Moral Character in Person Perception

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 38-44

  Goodwin, Geoffrey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

moral character; person perception; sociability; social cognition; warmth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923870471     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721414550709     Document Type: Article

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