Impression formation : the right goal is the right way to go

• Main Authors: Chan, Amelia Si Min, Tan, Yong Ming, Tay, Amanda Shu Jun
• Other Authors: Michael Donald Patterson
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/59641
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

People form impressions during their interactions with others. Inaccurate impressions can lead to serious consequences, such as prejudice. Our review paper studies the effect of goals on people’s formation of impressions. Goals determine the impressions that are formed as they affect how people proc...