A Demonstration of Undergraduate Students' First Impressions and Their Ratings of Pathology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13667562 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jon E Roeckeletn (Mesa Community College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 613-613 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.90.2.613-618 |
| OpenAlex | W4249163883 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
An interactive team exercise based in the dual topic areas of social and abnormal psychology is described that employs videotaped case studies to sensitize students to the processes by which they form first impressions of other people, and to various issues regarding assessments of mental disorders. Each of three case studies is presented in two parts: Part 1 simulates a "first impression" condition—involving students' ratings of perceived pathology—by briefly showing only a patient (no soundtrack present), and Part 2 constitutes a "further disclosure" condition by giving more exposure—involving therapists' diagnoses and assessments—of the same patient with both sight and soundtrack presented. Data are reported from 12 introductory psychology classes in which students (N = 367) rated the three patients on psychopathology is perceived severity of disorder as compared to the actual assessments (also contained on the videotapes) made by clinical psychologists and psychiatrists. The demonstration is useful in eliciting consistent and predictable first impressions from students, in stimulating classroom discussion about the value and accuracy of person perceptions and first impressions, and in alerting students to problems related to the identification of mental disorders
Medical education · Clinical Psychology · Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills · Empathy and Medical Education · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology · Social Psychology
Advances In Experimental Social Psychology
Averaging versus adding as a stimulus-combination rule in impression formation.
On Being Sane in Insane Places
On the Dominance of Moral Categories in Impression Formation
Negativity and extremity biases in impression formation
The concept of mental disorder
The need to evaluate
Forming impressions of personality
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |