How do people determine whether a trait is self-descriptive? The autho
rs recently proposed and tested a ''mixed'' model of the trait self-ju
dgement process that asserts that two types of self-knowledge-abstract
trait summaries and specific behavioral exemplars-are used to make tr
ait judgments about the self, and that the relative importance of each
is determined by the amount of behavioral experience one has with the
trait being judged. The present article addresses a potential limitat
ion in previous tests of this model. Findings offer strong support for
a mixed-model interpretation of trait self-judgements.