The process of impression formation takes place in the following steps.
A. The perceiver gathers information or responds to given information about the qualities of target and then organises information.
B. The person who forms the impression is called perceiver
C. The perceiver then draws inferences about the target
D. The individual, about whom the impression is to be formed by the perceiver, is the target
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → B, D, A, C
The process of coming to know a person is broadly divided into impression formation and attribution. In impression formation the two people involved are named first, and then what one does about the other.
(B) The person who forms the impression is called perceiver — first. The person who forms the impression is called the perceiver.
(D) The individual, about whom the impression is to be formed by the perceiver, is the target — second. The individual about whom the impression is formed is called the target.
(A) The perceiver gathers information or responds to given information about the qualities of target and then organises information — third. The perceiver gathers information, or responds to a given information, about the qualities of the target, and organises it.
(C) The perceiver then draws inferences about the target — last. From the organised information the perceiver draws inferences about the target. Going further and explaining why the target behaved so is attribution, a separate process.
Note: The steps of impression formation (perceiver, target, gathering and organising information, drawing inferences) were there in the pre-rationalised NCERT, which NTA followed in 2023, and are not there in the NCERT book (2025-26).
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “Impression Formation and Explaining Behaviour of Others Through Attributions … The process of coming to know a person can be broadly divided into two parts : (a) Impression formation, and (b) Attribution. The person who forms the impression is called the perceiver. The individual about whom the impression is formed is called the target. The perceiver gathers information, or responds to a given information, about the qualities of the target, organises this information, and draws inferences about the target.…” |