Information quality in personality judgment: The value of personal disclosure

We examined the relative quality of different types of information and its effects on accuracy in personality judgment. Three hundred and forty-four unacquainted undergraduates participated in a small group round-robin rating scheme. In one condition, participants were asked to disclose three things...

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Published inJournal of research in personality Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 175 - 185
Main Authors Beer, Andrew, Brooks, Cody
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Inc 01.04.2011
Subjects
Accuracy
Acquaintanceship effect
Consensus
Information quality
Information quantity
Person perception
Personal disclosure
Personality
Self–other agreement
Zero acquaintance
Accuracy
Information quality
Zero acquaintance
Information quantity
Personal disclosure
Personality
Person perception
Acquaintanceship effect
Consensus
Self–other agreement
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Summary:We examined the relative quality of different types of information and its effects on accuracy in personality judgment. Three hundred and forty-four unacquainted undergraduates participated in a small group round-robin rating scheme. In one condition, participants were asked to disclose three things that were very important to them in life. In a second condition, participants were asked to disclose three distinctive personal facts: things that differentiated them from others. We found that (a) people believed values information was more personality-relevant than facts information and (b) although there was no clear advantage for one condition over the other in terms of generalized accuracy, there were some differences across conditions for specific traits. Implications for the study of information quality in personality judgment are discussed.
ISSN:0092-6566
1095-7251
DOI:10.1016/j.jrp.2011.01.001