

According to Asch, participants rated “warm” and “cold” as central factor in determining their impression. Then, the participants observed the target based on these three different measures. The participants were given a list of traits containing the word "warm" or a list containing the word "cold" which included traits considering warm and cold. In Asch (1946) study, he used different types of measures to analyze the responses of participants which include open-ended measure, trait-pair choice measure, and ranking measure. Asch believed that the traits of the person that we believe they possess are the most important factor in establishing the overall impression of that person. This is quite important in our society where people starts to form opinions of other …show more content… The experimental study conducted by Asch 's "Forming Impressions of Personality" (1946), is a classic study of interpersonal perception. In social psychology, this is known as impression formation where people form an impression of themselves.

On a job interview is where people what to form a good impression on employers. On the first day of college or school, students want to show our best and show positive characteristics to form an impression on other students and teachers. We want people to think positive about ourselves right from the first time they meet us.

There is a famous saying that first impression is a lasting impression. Show More Physical Attractiveness Affects Impression Formation When going somewhere from the first, we want to look our best and create a good impression on other people.
