A Classroom Demonstration of the Primacy Effect in the Attribution of Ability.

McAndrew, Francis T.

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ERIC Number: EJ332335

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Publication Date: 1985

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A Classroom Demonstration of the Primacy Effect in the Attribution of Ability.

McAndrew, Francis T.

Teaching of Psychology, v12 n4 p209-11 Dec 1985

An activity that teaches psychology students about the primacy effect that occurs when individuals make judgments about the ability of other people is described. The primacy effect is the tendency for an observer's judgment to be influenced more strongly by early information about a person than by information that comes later. (Author/RM)

Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Demonstrations (Educational), Higher Education, Learning Activities, Primacy Effect, Psychology

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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