impression formation

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impression
noun
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/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/us
/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/
an idea or opinion of what something or someone ...
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formation
noun
uk
/fɔːˈmeɪ.ʃən/us
/fɔːrˈmeɪ.ʃən/
the way something is naturally made or the way it has ...
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(Definition ofimpressionandformationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Researchers concluded thatimpressionformationis improved by negative affect.
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He created seminal pieces of work inimpressionformation, prestige suggestion, conformity, and many other topics in social psychology.
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Future research should seek to link persuasion more closely withimpressionformation, which has previously focused on impressions based on agents' behaviors.
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Some of these that have received attention in the scholarly literature includeimpressionformation, deception, group dynamics, disclosure reciprocity, disinhibition and especially relationship formation.
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They can, however, keep people from processing new or unexpected information about each individual, thus biasing theimpressionformationprocess.
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This determines the recipient's impression of the source duringimpressionformation.
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The physical properties of objects that subjects are touching can similarly influence socialimpressionformationand decision-making.
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His research program onimpressionformationdemonstrated the role of memory in social judgment.
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Firstimpressionformationcan be influenced by the use of cognitive short hands such as stereotypes and representative heuristics.
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Theimpressionformationresearch seeks empirically based equations for predicting how various kinds of events influence individuals' feelings about people, behaviors, and settings.
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Physical attractiveness plays an important role inimpressionformationand once these views are formed they are not likely to be changed even when presented with new information.
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Since negative affect relies more on cautious processing than preexisting knowledge, people with negative affect tend to perform better in instances involving deception, manipulation,impressionformation, and stereotyping.
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Studies that show midline activations during understanding of social interactions between others or ascribing social traits to others (impressionformation) typically require subjects to reference the mental state of others.
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