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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 18, No. 4, 447-451 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167292184008
© 1992 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

Effects of Expected Communication Target Expertise and Timing of Set on Trait Use in Person Description

Louis A. Boudreau

University of Connecticut

Reuben M. Baron

University of Connecticut

Peter V. Oliver

University of Hartford

The effects of expecting to convey one's impression of a person to another on the tendency to use traits in person description were examined when the expected recipient of the impression was an expert in peon assessment, a peer, or a grade school child. The communication expectancy set was induced either before or after exposure to impression formation information. Results showed lessened use of traits when subjects expected to report to the expert. Tuning-set timing effects included increased reporting of specific behaviors in the preimpression condition and reduced trait use with the exert in the postimpression condition, but only on a recognition measure. Results have implications for factors affecting the general trait categorization process and for Kruglanski's lay epistemic model of motivational factor in construct formation.


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