Do People Know What They’re Like in the Moment?

Psychological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 405-414

  Sun, Jessie ^a   Vazire, Simine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

experience sampling method; naturalistic observation; open data; open materials; personality states; self knowledge; social behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT; EMOTIONS; EXTRAVERSION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NEUROTICISM; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85060674212     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797618818476     Document Type: Article

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