Explain how the impression formation theory, implicit personality theory, the use of mental constructs, and attribution theories are related

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• Impression formation, implicit personality theory, and the use of mental constructs are used to organize information about people. These three approaches to perception are used to describe, categorize, and evaluate them.
• Impression formation and implicit personality theory explain how we develop and maintain perceptions about people, while the implicit personality theory consists of the personal assumptions you make about other people's personalities. It's called implicit personality theory because the cues you use to interpret others' behavior are not explicitly evident but are indirect. We may not always be aware that we have assumptions and biases when forming perceptions of others. When making assumptions about others we develop specific categories, called constructs, for people. A construct is a bipolar quality or continuum, but we don't necessarily classify people in absolute terms; we usually categorize them in degrees. Once this information is organized, we can use it to develop attribution theories, which help us explain why people behave as they do.