Publications by authors named "MOLLARET P"

Adopting a social approach to social judgment, we conducted five studies to validate a conceptual distinction between agency and competence traits. Studies 1-3 revealed that competence traits (e.g.

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  • The article explores how traits can be understood as both descriptive (target's states) and evaluative (other's states) components.
  • A preliminary study found that both target's states and other's states were effective representations of traits.
  • Two further studies revealed that practicing the use of traits as other's states improved how participants perceived and rated targets, even extending to traits they hadn't specifically practiced.
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  • The study aimed to investigate how people form impressions of unknown individuals based on short video clips, specifically looking at the social context influencing trait attribution.
  • Research found that participants made quicker and more consistent judgments when instructed to consider the social utility of the person in the clip, compared to when they were asked to describe their personality.
  • The results suggest that first impressions are primarily influenced by how useful individuals seem in a social context, aligning with previous research on impression formation.
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A third of a century after the confirmation of this new entity, the author gives a current review of the clinical, general and aetio-pathogenic characteristics and course, based upon personal research and the published literature. Nothing is to be added to or subtracted from the original description but all remains to be discovered as far as aetio-pathogenesis is concerned.

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