My main research interest is the accuracy of personality judgment. I am especially interested in what the benefits and drawbacks are of being able to judge others accurately, and in the characteristics and behaviors of good judges.
Letzring, T. D. (2010). The effects of judge and target gender and ethnicity similarity on the accuracy of personality judgments. Social Psychology, 41, 42-51.
Letzring, T. D. (2008). The good judge of personality: Characteristics, behaviors, and observer accuracy. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 914-932.
Letzring, T. D., Block, J., & Funder, D. C. (2005). Ego-control and ego-resiliency: Generalization of self-report scales based on personality descriptions from self, acquaintances, and clinicians. Journal of Research in Personality, 39, 395-422.
Letzring, T. D., & Noftle, E. (2010). Predicting relationship quality from self-verification of broad personality traits among romantic couples. Journal of Research in Personality, 44, 353-362.
Letzring, T. D., Wells, S. M., & Funder, D. C. (2006). Quantity and quality of available information affect the realistic accuracy of personality judgment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 111-123.
Other Publications:
Letzring, T. D. (2008). Self-report methods. In The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2nd ed.). Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA.
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Psychology
Personality Psychology
Research Methods
Senior Seminar
Statistics
Introduction to Psychology
Personality Psychology
Research Methods
Senior Seminar
Statistics
Tera Letzring Department of Psychology
Idaho State University, Stop 8112
921 South 8th Avenue
Pocatello, ID 83209 United States
