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Thin slices of behavior as cues of personality and intelligence

Borkenau, Peter, Mauer, Nadine, Riemann, Rainer, Spinath, Frank M., Angleitner, Alois·2004·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.86.4.599
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Self-reports, peer reports, intelligence tests, and ratings of personality and intelligence from 15 videotaped episodes were collected for 600 participants. The average cross-situational consistency of trait impressions across the 15 episodes was .43. Shared stereotypes related to gender and age were mostly accurate and contributed little to agreement among judges. Agreement was limited mainly by nonshared meaning systems and by nonoverlapping information. Personality inferences from thin slices of behavior were significantly associated with reports by knowledgeable informants. This association became stronger when more episodes were included, but gains in prediction were low beyond 6 episodes. Inferences of intelligence from thin slices of behavior strongly predicted intelligence test scores. A particularly strong single predictor was how persons read short sentences.

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  • Evaluations made by strangers with small amounts of data are relatively accurate or consistent with reports by friends, family, and others with substantial information.

    “Evaluations made by strangers privy to small amounts of data about one another are relatively accurate or consistent with reports made by friends, family, and other people with access to substantial information about their personality (e.g., Borkenau, Mauer, Riemann, Spinath, & Angleitner, 2004; Oltmanns, Friedman, Fiedler, & Turkheimer, 2004).”

    From Psychological flexibility as a fundamental aspect of health (2010) · cites this paper as Borkenau, Mauer, Riemann, Spinath, & Angleitner, 2004

  • Borkenau, Mauer, Riemann et al. [2004] establish a correlation of 0.43 of Big Five personality traits (self-rated and observer-rated) across 15 very different tasks, with range 0.29 to 0.51.

    “In one of the most ambitious recent studies of this question, Borkenau, Mauer, Riemann et al. [2004] establish a correlation of 0.43 of personality traits measured by the Big Five (self rated and observer rated) across 15 very different tasks.The range of correlations is from 0.29 to 0.51.”

    From Personality Psychology and Economics (2011) · cites this paper as Borkenau, Mauer, Riemann et al. [2004]

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Authors
Borkenau, P., Mauer, N., Riemann, R., Spinath, F. M., & Angleitner, A.
Affiliations
  • Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (DE)
  • Friedrich Schiller University Jena (DE)
  • Bielefeld University (DE)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2004
Volume
86
Issue
4
Pages
599-614
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
DOI
10.1037/0022-3514.86.4.599
OpenAlex
W2146497247
Cited by
519
References
2
Citations by year
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FWCI
17.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University) (submittedVersion)
  • Publikationen an der Universität Bielefeld (Universität Bielefeld) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
Keywords
personality inference, cross-situational consistency, trait impressions, stereotypes, gender stereotypes, age stereotypes, informant agreement, self-report, peer reporting, intelligence test scores, sentence reading
MeSH terms
Adult, Cues, Female, Humans, Intelligence, Male, Personality, Social Behavior, Stereotyping, Twins

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