generalized other-perception

What is the structure of perceiver effects? On the importance of global positivity and trait-specificity across personality domains and judgment contexts

When judging others’ personalities, perceivers differ in their general judgment tendencies. These perceiver effects partly reflect a response bias but are also stable and psychologically important individual differences. However, current insights …

Seeing the best or worst in others: A measure of generalized other-perceptions

How positively or negatively people generally view others is key for understanding personality, social behavior, and psychopathology. Previous research has measured generalized other-perceptions by relying on either explicit self-reports or judgments …

Do perceiver effects in interpersonal perception predict cooperation in social dilemmas?

People’s general tendencies to view others as cold-hearted and manipulative (rather than affectionate and trustworthy) may explain defection in social dilemma situations. To capture idiosyncratic tendencies in other-perceptions, we collected mutual …