Self‐knowledge of personality: Do people know themselves?

Vazire, Simine; Carlson, Erika N.

doi:10.1111/j.1751-9004.2010.00280.x

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Self‐knowledge of personality: Do people know themselves?

Vazire, Simine, Carlson, Erika N.·2010·Social and Personality Psychology Compass

DOI 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2010.00280.x

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Abstract The intuition that we have privileged and unrestricted access to ourselves – that we inevitably know who we are, how we feel, what we do, and what we think – is very compelling. Here, we review three types of evidence about the accuracy of self‐perceptions of personality and conclude that the glass is neither full nor empty. First, studies comparing self‐perceptions of personality to objective criteria suggest that self‐perceptions are at least tethered to reality – people are not completely clueless about how they behave, but they are also far from perfect. Second, studies examining how well people’s self‐perceptions agree with others’ perceptions of them suggest that people’s self‐views are not completely out of synch with how they are seen by those who know them best, but they are also far from identical. Third, studies examining whether people know the impressions they make on others suggest that people do have some glimmer of insight into the fact that others see them differently than they see themselves but there is still a great deal people do not know about how others see them. The findings from all three approaches point to the conclusion that self‐knowledge exists but leaves something to be desired. The status of people’s self‐knowledge about their own personality has vast implications both for our conception of ourselves as rational agents and for the methods of psychological inquiry.

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Self-insight, particularly self-knowledge about internal states, rarely converges with objective criteria such as behavioral patterns or prospective outcomes.
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The average correspondence between self-perception and laboratory behavior is low to moderate.
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In Search of Our True Selves: Feedback as a Path to Self-Knowledge
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Personality Traits Affect Teaching Performance of Attending Physicians: Results of a Multi-Center Observational Study
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You May Think You’re Right … Young Adults Are More Liberal Than They Realize
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The Role of Metaperception in Personality Disorders: Do People with Personality Problems Know How Others Experience Their Personality?
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This Examined Life: The Upside of Self-Knowledge for Interpersonal Relationships
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Level of Agreement Between Self and Spouse in the Assessment of Personality Pathology
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The Reciprocal Relationship Between Perceptions of Moral Goodness and Knowledge of Others’ True Selves
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Investigating the Veracity of Self-Perceived Posttraumatic Growth: A Profile Analysis Approach to Corroboration
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Researcher Views on Changes in Personality, Mood, and Behavior in Next-Generation Deep Brain Stimulation
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You are so beautiful...to me: Seeing beyond biases and achieving accuracy in romantic relationships.
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Discrepancy in Personality Perceptions Is Related to Relationship Satisfaction: Findings from Dyadic Latent Discrepancy Analyses
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Authors: Vazire, S., & Carlson, E. N.
Affiliations: Washington University in St. Louis (US)
ORCID: Vazire, Simine
Carlson, Erika N.
Venue: Social and Personality Psychology Compass
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2010-08
Volume: 4
Issue: 8
Pages: 605-620
ISSN: 1751-9004 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2010.00280.x
OpenAlex: W2133806650
Cited by: 265
References: 110
Citations by year: 2026: 10 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 59 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 14
FWCI: 11.57
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 1 d)
Locations: Social and Personality Psychology Compass (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
Keywords: self-knowledge, self-perception accuracy, self-other agreement, impression formation, self-reflection, rational agency

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