Explain how impression formation, implicit personality theory, the use of constructs, and
attribution theories are related.
What will be an ideal response?
*Impression formation, implicit personality theory, and the use of mental constructs are used to
organize information about people. These three approaches to perception are used to describe,
categorize, and evaluate the other person.
* Impression formation and implicit personality theory provide a more general understanding of
a person, while the use of mental construct helps us generate more specific understandings that
help to complete or round out our understanding of the person's personality. Once this
information is organized, we can use it to develop attribution theories, which help us explain
why people behave as they do.
* When people behave in ways that are consistent with our perceptions of their personality, we
attribute their behavior to internal or intentional forces. When people behave in ways that are
contrary to our understanding of their personality, we tend to attribute their behavior to external
or unintentional forces.
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