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Kaplan, Martin F. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Shows that an individual's general disposition, either positive or negative, averaged with the weight of stimulus traits presented affects impression formation. Graph and bibliography. (RW)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Concept Formation

Runyan, William McKinley – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1980
Stage-state analysis of the life course is presented as useful in identifying types of life courses and their relative frequency, in estimating the likelihood of moving from a given state through a sequence of future states, and in analyzing routes and processes connecting initial states with potential outcomes. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Critical Incidents Method, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages, Educational Attainment