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Peer reviewedMcAndrew, Francis T. – Teaching of Psychology, 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
Download full textMcAndrew, Francis T. – 1981
Previous research has suggested the existence of a primacy effect in the attribution of ability. To test if the primacy effect occurs in situations where specific cues about the person and nature of the test materials are lacking or greatly reduced, college students corrected a multiple-choice test in which a phantom stimulus person correctly…
Descriptors: Ability, Attribution Theory, Evaluation Criteria, Learning Theories
