DO WE KNOW-HOW MUCH PEOPLE LIKE ONE ANOTHER

Metaperception is a person's perception about a second person's percep tion of a third person. The purpose of this article is to examine the accuracy of metaperceptions of liking. A related question concerns whe ther the heuristics of balance, reciprocity;, and agreement are used b y perceivers when forming such judgments. The authors present analyses from 5 diverse research studies that used an adaptation of the social relations model for triads (C.F Bond, E.M. Ham, & D.A. Kenny, in pres s). The results indicate that people know how much people like one ano ther even with small amounts of information. Although there is evidenc e for the use of heuristics, particularly reciprocity and agreement, a ccuracy is sometimes enhanced by using these heuristics.