You Call It “Self-Exuberance”; I Call It “Bragging”: Miscalibrated Predictions of Emotional Responses to Self-Promotion

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 903-914

  Scopelliti, Irene ^a   Loewenstein, George ^b   Vosgerau, Joachim ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

emotions; interpersonal relationships; judgment; open data; open materials; social behavior; social interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930513543     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615573516     Document Type: Article

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