A method for studying the development of impressions of real people.

Bernadette Park·1986·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Abstract

This study investigated the development of impressions of real people. A group of 7 individuals wrote open-ended descriptions of one another each week for 7 weeks and completed a series of reaction-time trait judgments. The data were analyzed with respect to four issues. (a) The content of the writt

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