Question

multiple choice question
what does research show regarding the amount of information people need to form an accurate impression of someone?
○ peoples evaluations of others can be more accurate when they have less information about them.
○ the more people know about others, the more accurate their evaluation of them becomes.
○ the amount of information people know about others has no effect on their ability to form an accurate impression of them.
○ the ideal way to form an impression about others is to know absolutely nothing about them.

Explanation:

Research in social cognition (a subarea of psychology) demonstrates that as individuals gain more relevant information about others, their ability to form accurate impressions of those people improves. The other options contradict established findings about impression formation.

Answer:

C. The more people know about others, the more accurate their evaluation of them becomes.