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Self-Understanding and the Accuracy of Behavioral Expectations

Paul R. Warshaw

McGill University

Fred D. Davis

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

While Nisbett and Wilson (1977) and other researchers (e.g., Ericsson & Simon, 1980) argue about the accuracy of self-reported data, the distinction between the ability and the willingness to accurately self-report has been somewhat overlooked. Namely, issues of self-understanding must be differentiated from those of self-presentation. Further, self-understanding that relates to specific behavioral domains must be differentiated from general self-understanding. The present article argues that general self-understanding is a potentially important individual difference variable that has been neglected in the literature. The relationship between general self-understanding and the accuracy of self-reported behavioral expectations is discussed and provocative preliminary findings are reported that suggest that further research on the topic is warranted.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 10, No. 1, 111-118 (1984)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167284101013
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