A person's impression of another depends upon three sources of variance. The
characteristics of the target, the characteristics of the perceiver, and the interplay between …

Over the past few decades, two-factor models of social cognition have emerged as a
dominant framework for understanding impression development. These models suggest that …

People often make judgments of others' moral character—an inferred moral essence that
presumably predicts moral behavior. We first define moral character and explore why people …

Research suggests that morality, sociability, and competence exert different effects on
impression formation and that morality forms the primary basis for the global evaluation of …

The scientific study of social cognition is a growing field which promises to deliver valuable
insights into how the brain underpins human's social success. However, the poor ecological …

Being able to identify trustworthy strangers is a critical social skill. However, whether such
impressions are accurate is debatable. Critically, the field currently lacks a quantitative …

The secondary transfer effect (STE) constitutes the generalization of the effects of intergroup
contact from the outgroup one has contact with to uninvolved outgroups. In this article, we …

Although cooperation can lead to mutually beneficial outcomes, cooperative actions only
pay off for the individual if others can be trusted to cooperate as well. Identifying trustworthy …

Digital agents with human-like characteristics have become ubiquitous in our society and
are increasingly relevant in commercial applications. While some of them closely resemble …

Trait inferences from first impressions are drawn rapidly and spontaneously. However, the
Covid-19 pandemic forced interactions online introducing differential influential factors on …