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Description: The way we judge our own personality and the way we are seen by others both have important consequences for ourselves and others alike. The degree to which the two perspectives align (i.e., self-other agreement) may reflect a shared understanding of a person’s underlying traits. At the same time, there is also variance among self- and other-judgments that is unique to the self (i.e., an understanding of one’s identity) and variance unique to the average other (i.e., a target’s reputation). These differences in the perspectives of the self and others on one’s personality may arise from their differential exposure to and/or use of different types of personality information. As there is a lack of studies that account for both the shared and unique contents of self- and other-judgments simultaneously, there is also a lack of empirical knowledge as to what information is reflected in traits, reputations, and identity, respectively. This project uses the Trait-Reputation-Identity Model (McAbee & Connelly, 2016) to investigate this question.