Effect of preinformation upon human characteristics attributed to animated geometric figures.
- 1 January 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology
- Vol. 54 (1) , 124-126
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0045604
Abstract
"It was hypothesized that the animated geometric figures in the Heider-Simmel movie interact in such a way that the impression formed by Ss about the personality of one figure about which preinformation is given affects the way the other 2 figures are seen. This hypothesis was investigated by comparing the frequency with which favorable or unfavorable traits were ascribed to these figures under 3 conditions. ... If it is legimate to generalize from animated geometric figures to real people in everyday life situations, the confirmatory results obtained tend to indicate that the impressions formed of an individual may be a function of the characteristics ascribed to another person seen to interact with him.".Keywords
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