Perceiver effects in person perception reflect acquiescence, positivity, and trait-specific content: evidence from a large-scale replication study
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Abstract
Person judgments reflect perceiver effects: differences in how perceivers judge the average person. The factorial structure of such effects is still discussed. We present a large-scale, preregistered replication study using over 1 million person judgments (different groups of 200 perceivers judged 200 targets in one of 20 situations, using 30 personality items). Results unanimously favored a model comprising three systematic components: acquiescence (endorsing all items more than other perceivers), positivity (endorsing positive over negative items), and trait specificity (endorsing items reflecting a specific trait more). The latter two factors each accounted for approximately a quarter of the variance in perceiver effects, and acquiescence accounted for less than 10%. Positivity was more influential for evaluative items and was strongly associated with how likable perceivers found their targets to be (r =.55). With considerable statistical power and generalizability, our findings significantly improve the knowledge base regarding the structure of perceiver effects.
Details
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 839-848 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Social Psychological and Personality Science |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 8 Sept 2021 |
| Publication status | Published - May 2022 |
| Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
| Scopus | 85114521030 |
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Keywords
Keywords
- impression formation, judgement, perceiver effect, person perception