Forming Impressions

Central and Peripheral Traits

Primacy and Recency Effects

Implicit Personality Theories (Including personal constructs, the halo effect, and the effect of names)

Stereotyping

Social Categorisation

Pros/Cons Of Stereotyping

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Generally, we form impressions of people very quickly, but, over time come to realise that our impressions are innacurate. This is because although we form impressions quickly, we do not neccessarily know much at all about the person we are forming impressions of- we extrapolate and estimate the qualities the think the person might possess, based on what we know of them.

To simply calculate, from percieved facts would be strenuous work, if evne possible. So, it is neccessary to take short cuts in doing so. Several of these short cuts are listed below:

Central and Peripheral Traits- Solomon Asch (1946), Harold Kelley (1950), M. Rosenberg (1968)

Primacy and Recency Effects- A. Luchins (1957), E. Jones (1968)

Implicit Personality Theories:

Personal Constructs- George Kelly (1955),

The Halo Effect- Karen Dion (1972),

The Effect of Names- H. Harari and J. McDavid (1973)

Stereotyping:

D. Katz and K. Braly (1933), G. Razran (1950), Jeffrey Rubin (1977), M. Snyder and S. Uranowitz (1978), and John Williams and Deborah Best (1994)

Social Categorisation- Henri Tajfel (1971)