Other People Know You Better Than You Do, Study Shows

Most people believe the individual is the best judge of his or her own personality. But a Washington University Psychologist says that we are not the know-it-alls that we think we are. Simine Vazire, Ph.D., Washington University assistant professor of psychology in Arts and Sciences, says that the individual is more accurate in assessing one's own internal, or neurotic traits, such as anxiety, while friends are better barometers of intellect-related traits, such as intelligence and creativity, and even strangers are equally adept as our friends and ourselves at spotting the extrovert in us all. read more

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