An investigation of some factors influencing the formation of impressions of personality.

[...] Hypotheses. 1) In a given group of traits certain ones become central and the response to the group will be centered about the important ones. 2) Traits vary in the ease with which they can be organized. The ability to integrate a group of traits is therefore largely dependent upon the nature of the material. 3) The reaction to (or structuring of) a group of traits varies with the relationship of the observer to the person described. 4) An hypothetical encounter situation tends to predominate over a given group of traits in the formation of an impression of the personality.[...]