To Thine Own Self Be True: Psychological Adjustment Promotes Judgeability via Personality-Behavior Congruence

Well-adjusted individuals are highly judgeable in that their personalities tend to be seen more accurately than the personalities of less adjusted individuals (Colvin, 1993a, 1993b; Human & Biesanz, 2011a). The mechanisms behind this effect, however, are not well understood. How does adjustment...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 2014-02, Vol.106 (2), p.286-303
Main Authors: Human, Lauren J, Biesanz, Jeremy C, Finseth, Sonia M, Pierce, Benjamin, Le, Marina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Adaptation, Psychological - physiology
Adjustment
Adult
Behavior
Behavioural psychology
Congruence
Cues
Detection
Effects
Emotional Adjustment
Female
Human
Humans
Impression Formation
Individuals
Judgment
Judgment - physiology
Male
Perception
Perceptions
Personality
Personality - physiology
Self Concept
Social Behavior
Social psychology
Students - psychology
U.S.A
Videos
Young Adult
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Summary:Well-adjusted individuals are highly judgeable in that their personalities tend to be seen more accurately than the personalities of less adjusted individuals (Colvin, 1993a, 1993b; Human & Biesanz, 2011a). The mechanisms behind this effect, however, are not well understood. How does adjustment facilitate judgeability? In the present video-perceptions study, we examined potential mechanisms through which adjustment could promote judgeability at 3 stages of the Realistic Accuracy Model (RAM; Funder, 1995): (a) cue relevance, (b) cue availability, and (c) cue detection. We found that well-adjusted individuals were more judgeable because they provided more relevant cues: Specifically, well-adjusted individuals behaved more in line with their distinctive personalities, which in turn led them to be seen more accurately. In contrast, neither cue availability nor detection could sufficiently account for the link between adjustment and judgeability. In sum, well-adjusted individuals are more judgeable because to their own selves, they are true.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/a0034860