Mental representations of trait categories and their influences on person perception
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Studies on the mental representations of the organization of acts into traits and its effects on person perception show that these representations are consensual and influence person perception. A study shows agreement among the subjects on ratings of three aspects of various acts. A second study, subjects show a greater willingness to describe an actor's act with a trait when the acts were prototypical to each other than when they were not. A third study shows that the prototypicality of predicted acts does not affect the prediction of acts.
Publication Name: Social Cognition
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-016X
Year: 1995
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When race and gender go without saying
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The reasons behind people failing to designate typical race and gender features due to communication pragmatics and because they assume that their category norms are shared are discussed.
Publication Name: Social Cognition
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-016X
Year: 2007
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