TY - JOUR
T1 - A Continuum of Impression Formation, from Category-Based to Individuating Processes
T2 - Influences of Information and Motivation on Attention and Interpretation
AU - Fiske, Susan T.
AU - Neuberg, Steven L.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank. for their helpful comments, James Averill. John Bargh, Barbara Fiske. Donald Fiske, David Hamilton, Sara Kiesler. George Levinger, Carolyn Mervis, Shelley Taylor. and participants of the fourth annual Nags Head Conference on Social Cognition. Preparation of this chapter was supported by the first author's NSF Grants BNS 8406913 and BNS 8596028, NIMH Grant I ROI MH41801. as well as by the second author's NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship.
PY - 1990/1/1
Y1 - 1990/1/1
N2 - This chapter presents an integrated understanding of various impression formation processes. The chapter introduces a model of impression formation that integrates social cognition research on stereotyping with traditional research on person perception. According to this model, people form impressions of others through a variety of processes that lie on a continuum reflecting the extent to that the perceiver utilizes a target's particular attributes. The continuum implies that the distinctions among these processes are matters of degree, rather than discrete shifts. The chapter examines the evidence for the five main premises of the model, it is helpful to discuss some related models that raise issues for additional consideration. The chapter discusses the research that supports each of the five basic premises, competing models, and hypotheses for further research. The chapter concludes that one of the model's fundamental purposes is to integrate diverse perspectives on impression formation, as indicated by the opening quotation. It is also designed to generate predictions about basic impression formation processes and to help generate interventions that can reduce the impact of stereotypes on impression formation.
AB - This chapter presents an integrated understanding of various impression formation processes. The chapter introduces a model of impression formation that integrates social cognition research on stereotyping with traditional research on person perception. According to this model, people form impressions of others through a variety of processes that lie on a continuum reflecting the extent to that the perceiver utilizes a target's particular attributes. The continuum implies that the distinctions among these processes are matters of degree, rather than discrete shifts. The chapter examines the evidence for the five main premises of the model, it is helpful to discuss some related models that raise issues for additional consideration. The chapter discusses the research that supports each of the five basic premises, competing models, and hypotheses for further research. The chapter concludes that one of the model's fundamental purposes is to integrate diverse perspectives on impression formation, as indicated by the opening quotation. It is also designed to generate predictions about basic impression formation processes and to help generate interventions that can reduce the impact of stereotypes on impression formation.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0065-2601(08)60317-2
DO - 10.1016/S0065-2601(08)60317-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77957060940
SN - 0065-2601
VL - 23
SP - 1
EP - 74
JO - Advances in Experimental Social Psychology
JF - Advances in Experimental Social Psychology
IS - C
ER -