The "Positivity Bias" in Evaluations of Public Figures: Evidence Against Instrument Artifacts

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Journal Article The "Positivity Bias" inEvaluations of Public Figures:Evidence Against Instrument Artifacts Get access RICHARD R. LAU, RICHARD R. LAU graduate student in social psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Professor of Psychology and Political Science at UCLA. Professor of Psychology at UCLA. This research was supported in part by Grant ≠SOC73-09153 A03 from the National Science Foundation to David O. Sears. The authors wish to express theit thanks to Mark Williams, who did most of the coding and checking involved in the survey. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar DAVID O. SEARS, DAVID O. SEARS graduate student in social psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Professor of Psychology and Political Science at UCLA. Professor of Psychology at UCLA. This research was supported in part by Grant ≠SOC73-09153 A03 from the National Science Foundation to David O. Sears. The authors wish to express theit thanks to Mark Williams, who did most of the coding and checking involved in the survey. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar RICHARD CENTERS RICHARD CENTERS graduate student in social psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Professor of Psychology and Political Science at UCLA. Professor of Psychology at UCLA. This research was supported in part by Grant ≠SOC73-09153 A03 from the National Science Foundation to David O. Sears. The authors wish to express theit thanks to Mark Williams, who did most of the coding and checking involved in the survey. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 43, Issue 3, FALL 1979, Pages 347–358, https://doi.org/10.1086/268526 Published: 01 January 1979