title: Accuracy in judgments of aggressiveness.
abstract: Perceivers are both accurate and biased in their understanding of others. Past research has distinguished between three types of accuracy: generalized accuracy, a perceiver's accuracy about how a target interacts with others in general; perceiver accuracy, a perceiver's view of others corresponding with how the perceiver is treated by others in general; and dyadic accuracy, a perceiver's accuracy about a target when interacting with that target. Researchers have proposed that there should be more dyadic than other forms of accuracy among well-acquainted individuals because of the pragmatic utility of forecasting the behavior of interaction partners. We examined behavioral aggression among well-acquainted peers. A total of 116 9-year-old boys rated how aggressive their classmates were toward other classmates. Subsequently, 11 groups of 6 boys each interacted in play groups, during which observations of aggression were made. Analyses indicated strong generalized accuracy yet little dyadic and perceiver accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, CT 06269-1020, USA. david.kenny@uconn.edu
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kenny
authors.forename: Tessa V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Antonius H N
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Cillessen
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Coie
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Dodge
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hubbard
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011287:Prejudice; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014481:United States; D014743:Videotape Recording; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology