Good Targets in Text: Individual Differences in Distinctive Expressive Accuracy through Writing Samples

Personality is often accurately inferred from brief behavioral observations, including writing. Closely replicatin and extending Borkenau et al. (2015), we examine the accuracy of impressions of the author from reading brief essays. Using the social accuracy model (SAM; Biesanz, 2010) we assess individual differences in accurate impressions and their correlates.