Do others judge us as harshly as we think? Overestimating the impact of our failures, shortcomings, and mishaps

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 44-56

  Savitsky, Kenneth ^a   Epley, Nicholas ^b   Gilovich, Thomas ^b  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROLE PLAYING; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 85047684189     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.81.1.44     Document Type: Article

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