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Solomon asch found that changes in a single word in a list of traits dramatically influences a person's initial impressions of another person, especially if the word was a:

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Especially if the word was a "central trait".

Central Traits allude to general attributes that are available to some degree in nearly everybody. Cases of Central Traits could be trustworthiness, kindness or cordiality as opposed to the secondary traits which are attributes that surface just in specific circumstances. A few illustrations could be fractiousness or nervousness etc.

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