Professed impressions: What people say about others affects onlookers' perceptions of speakers' power and warmth

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 152-158

  Ames, Daniel R ^a   Bianchi, Emily C ^a   Magee, Joe C ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impression formation; Person perception; Power; Status; Trait judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449674228     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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