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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Impression Formation of Cities: What Do We Care about Where We Live?

Virtual · June 2020

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  • Robin Park
    Chungnam National University
  • Nam Hee Kim
    Seoul National University
  • Byung Jae Song
    tvN, Program Director
  • Woo Young Chun
    Department of Psychology, Chungnam National University

Abstract

We explored whether the effect of trait on impression formation would also apply to a city. Participants read a description of a city containing either dirty or clean trait and evaluated the city. The results showed that the negative trait has more powerful effect on the evaluation of the city.

Judgment and Decision Making