The Handbook of Impression Formation

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<P>Presenting diverse perspectives from eminent scholars and contemporary researchers,<I> The Handbook of Impression Formation</I> contextualizes current and future areas of research in the social psychology of impression formation within a rich historic framework. </P><P>Affirming that impression formation is at the core of human experience, chapters explore how and why people form snap judgments about others and when those impressions update. They examine the processes through which people infer the reasons for the events they encounter, allowing people to plan for appropriate behavioral responses to social contexts. The research reviewed is informed by the foundational theory of unconscious automatic processes involved in making judgements of other people, pioneered by Professor Jim Uleman who contributes a chapter that suggests important new directions, and concludes the volume by reflecting on the state of the field more broadly. The book explores how certain attributes stimulate