The personality of familiar and significant people: The lay perceiver as a social - cognitive theorist

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 585-596

  Idson, Lorraine Chen ^a   Mischel, Walter ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 85047681227     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.80.4.585     Document Type: Article

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