Implicit Personality Theories and Empirical Data: Biased Assimilation, Belief Perseverance and Change, and Covariation Detection Sensitivity

1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig A. Anderson
2005 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stevan Krnjajic

Implicit personality theories suggest that people draw conclusions about other persons by using a relatively small number of visible features. The formation of "the first impression" is influenced by the factors, such as sex, age, appearances, race or nationality. Frequently, conclusions based on those factors lead to developing social stereotypes. Attractiveness is a good example of "the first impression" effect, because physical attractiveness entails the creation of impression about another person along a relatively great number of dimensions. Experimental paradigm, introduced in the sphere of interpersonal perception around the mid-20th century, led to a relatively great number of studies on stereotype based on physical attractiveness. One of the most often quoted conclusions of studies on physical attractiveness is summarized by the idiom "what is beautiful is good". For example, socially desirable personality traits (responsibility kindness, energy quality, modesty), more successful private and professional life, are all attributed to physically attractive persons. In addition physical attractiveness is coupled with positive expectations, peer acceptance, academic achievement etc. On the basis of studies on the "what is beautiful is good" stereotype, we have situated our analysis within the domain of roles regulating social interaction between teachers and students i.e. effects of physical attractiveness on teacher expectations, peer acceptance and academic achievement.


1979 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Clayton Foushee ◽  
Robert L. Helmreich ◽  
Janet T. Spence

The present study addressed the question of whether persons' implicit personality theories include the notion that the possession of masculine and feminine characteristics tend to preclude each other so that the two clusters of attributes are perceived to be negatively correlated. Subjects (college students) were given one of four basic descriptions of a group of men or women. These descriptions specified the presence or absence of “masculine” or “feminine” attributes as defined by the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ). Subjects given descriptions specifying the presence or absence of “masculine” characteristics were asked the extent to which they could make inferences about the presence or absence of “feminine” characteristics. An analogous procedure was implemented for the descriptions specifying the presence or absence of “feminine” characteristics. The results confirm the hypothesis that individuals tend to perceive a negative relationship between masculinity and femininity in others.


1997 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia A. Erdley ◽  
Catherine C. Loomis ◽  
Kathleen M. Cain ◽  
Frances Dumas-Hines

1978 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. Jackson ◽  
John D. Bacon ◽  
John Peterson

Previous research in white aged populations often has been derived from disengagement, activity, or personality theories. The relevance, however, of any of these conceptual frameworks to black aged is problematic because of their development in white samples and the lack of empirical data documenting their applicability to non-whites. The lack of systematic empirical research on black aged, and particularly, on the determinants of life satisfaction, provided the major impetus for the present study. Interview schedules were individually administered to 102 non-institutionalized retired men and women residing in a large urban area. A multiple regression analysis revealed a number of factors related to life satisfaction. The results are supportive of previous studies in white samples but are sufficiently distinct to raise questions regarding the applicability of these prior findings to black aged.


1972 ◽  
Vol 1972 (1) ◽  
pp. i-38
Author(s):  
Lawrence J. Stricker ◽  
Paul I. Jacobs ◽  
Nathan Kogan

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