Book contents
- The Social Psychology of Perceiving Others Accurately
- The Social Psychology of Perceiving Others Accurately
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Part I Domains of accurate interpersonal perception
- Part II Correlates of interpersonal accuracy
- 9 Accuracy in perceiving facial expressions of emotion in psychopathology
- 10 A lifespan developmental perspective on interpersonal accuracy
- 11 Situational influences on interpersonal accuracy
- 12 Training people to be interpersonally accurate
- 13 Interpersonal accuracy in relation to the workplace, leadership, and hierarchy
- 14 Interpersonal accuracy in the clinical setting
- 15 Gender differences in interpersonal accuracy
- 16 Interpersonal accuracy in relation to culture and ethnicity
- 17 Interpersonal accuracy
- Part III Conclusions
- Index
- References
11 - Situational influences on interpersonal accuracy
from Part II - Correlates of interpersonal accuracy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2016
- The Social Psychology of Perceiving Others Accurately
- The Social Psychology of Perceiving Others Accurately
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Part I Domains of accurate interpersonal perception
- Part II Correlates of interpersonal accuracy
- 9 Accuracy in perceiving facial expressions of emotion in psychopathology
- 10 A lifespan developmental perspective on interpersonal accuracy
- 11 Situational influences on interpersonal accuracy
- 12 Training people to be interpersonally accurate
- 13 Interpersonal accuracy in relation to the workplace, leadership, and hierarchy
- 14 Interpersonal accuracy in the clinical setting
- 15 Gender differences in interpersonal accuracy
- 16 Interpersonal accuracy in relation to culture and ethnicity
- 17 Interpersonal accuracy
- Part III Conclusions
- Index
- References
Summary
Forming accurate impressions about others is an important skill that has been associated with better mental health and more successful social interactions. This interpersonal skill varies between people and is also influenced by situational factors. This chapter summarizes the literature on the situational influences that may determine a person’s accuracy when forming impressions about others. The first section (motivational factors) focuses on the impact of motivation, as manipulated with task instructions and framing, incentivized performance, and priming of social power and general behavioral tendencies. The second section (affective factors) covers studies on the impact of positive and negative affect on interpersonal accuracy. In the third section (cognitive factors), the influence of deliberate versus automatic processing and local versus global processing on accurate impression formation is discussed. Finally, a fourth section (motor factors) includes research on how mimicry influences accuracy. After reviewing this literature, findings are integrated and general conclusions are drawn. Overall, empirical findings are heterogeneous and seem to depend on both characteristics of the impression formation tasks and specifics of the manipulations.
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- The Social Psychology of Perceiving Others Accurately , pp. 230 - 252Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016
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