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Denrell, Jerker – Psychological Review, 2005
Individuals are typically more likely to continue to interact with people if they have a positive impression of them. This article shows how this sequential sampling feature of impression formation can explain several biases in impression formation. The underlying mechanism is the sample bias generated when the probability of interaction depends…
Descriptors: Probability, Interaction, Sampling, Nonverbal Communication
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Kruschke, John K.; Kappenman, Emily S.; Hetrick, William P. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2005
The associative learning effects called blocking and highlighting have previously been explained by covert learned attention, but evidence for learned attention has been indirect, via models of response choice. The present research reports results from eye tracking consistent with the attentional hypothesis: Gaze duration is diminished for blocked…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Associative Learning, Attention, Causal Models
Omizo, Michael M.; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1987
Group counseling sessions featuring activities focusing on relaxation training, self-disclosure, nonverbal communication, role playing, positive feedback, individual strengths and weaknesses, and listening skills helped to decrease emotionally-handicapped (N=6) and learning-disabled (N=6) students' acting-out and distracting classroom behaviors.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances, Feedback, Group Counseling