Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
Abstract
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.
Original Publication Citation
Letzring, T. D., Murphy, N. A., Allik, J., Beer, A., Zimmermann, J., & Leising, D. (2021). The Judgment of Personality: An Overview of Current Empirical Research Findings. Personality Science, 2, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.6043
Publisher Statement
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction, provided the original work is properly cited.
Digital Commons @ LMU & LLS Citation
Letzring, Tera D.; Murphy, Nora; Allik, Jüri; Beer, Andrew; Zimmermann, Johannes; and Leising, Daniel, "The Judgment of Personality: An Overview of Current Empirical Research Findings" (2021). Psychological Science Faculty Works. 105.
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/psyc_fac/105
