Self‐reports and stereotypes: a comment on McCrae et al. |
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| Authors: | Michael C. Ashton |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, Brock University, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada. |
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| Abstract: | The results and conclusions of McCrae, Terracciano, Realo, and Allik (this issue) are discussed, with particular attention to the question of the accuracy of mean self‐reports and stereotypes as indicators of national or regional differences in personality. It is suggested that more evidence will be needed to evaluate the accuracy of these indicators, and that mean self‐reports cannot yet be taken as the standard against which the accuracy of stereotypes can be judged. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | personality assessment stereotypes self‐report national differences |
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