Article Accepted Manuscript

The Judgment of Personality: An Overview of Current Empirical Research Findings

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Letzring, Tera D.
Murphy, N. A.
Allik, Jüri
Beer, A.
Zimmermann, J.
Leising, D.

Abstract / Description

This article presents an overview of the current state of knowledge in personality judgment research. We discuss accuracy and bias in personality judgments, including types of inter-rater agreement and elements of criteria used to determine levels of agreement and accuracy. We then address (1) the words and phrases that people use to describe one another and themselves, (2) research investigating judgments of targets by perceivers per trait, and (3) research investigating judgments of targets by perceivers on profiles or sets of traits. We also provide (4) an outlook regarding important research questions that remain unanswered in this field.

Keyword(s)

personality judgment judgment accuracy person perception bias inter-rater agreement self-other agreement consensus

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Date of first publication

2021-09-05

Journal title

Personality Science

Publisher

PsychArchives

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acceptedVersion

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reviewed

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Citation

Letzring, T. D., Murphy, N. A., Allik, J., Beer, A., Zimmermann, J., & Leising, D. (in press). The judgment of personality: An overview of current empirical research findings [Accepted manuscript]. Personality Science. http://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.5084
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Letzring, Tera D.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Murphy, N. A.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Allik, Jüri
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Beer, A.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Zimmermann, J.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Leising, D.
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2021-09-05T16:36:35Z
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    2021-09-05T16:36:35Z
  • Date of first publication
    2021-09-05
  • Abstract / Description
    This article presents an overview of the current state of knowledge in personality judgment research. We discuss accuracy and bias in personality judgments, including types of inter-rater agreement and elements of criteria used to determine levels of agreement and accuracy. We then address (1) the words and phrases that people use to describe one another and themselves, (2) research investigating judgments of targets by perceivers per trait, and (3) research investigating judgments of targets by perceivers on profiles or sets of traits. We also provide (4) an outlook regarding important research questions that remain unanswered in this field.
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  • Publication status
    acceptedVersion
  • Review status
    reviewed
  • Citation
    Letzring, T. D., Murphy, N. A., Allik, J., Beer, A., Zimmermann, J., & Leising, D. (in press). The judgment of personality: An overview of current empirical research findings [Accepted manuscript]. Personality Science. http://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.5084
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  • ISSN
    2700-0710
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/4508
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.5084
  • Language of content
    eng
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  • Publisher
    PsychArchives
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  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.6043
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6330
  • Is related to
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.5161
  • Is related to
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6330
  • Keyword(s)
    personality judgment
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  • Keyword(s)
    judgment accuracy
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  • Keyword(s)
    person perception
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  • Keyword(s)
    bias
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  • Keyword(s)
    inter-rater agreement
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  • Keyword(s)
    self-other agreement
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  • Keyword(s)
    consensus
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    The Judgment of Personality: An Overview of Current Empirical Research Findings
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  • DRO type
    article
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  • Journal title
    Personality Science
  • Visible tag(s)
    PsychOpen GOLD
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  • Visible tag(s)
    Accepted Manuscript
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