1. Social Attire
"Clothing and other appearance cues provide information about credibility, identity, and anticipated behaviors of others, and is used in initial interactions to answer the question "Who is this person?" ... The way a student will stereotype his/her professor will greatly impact his/her attitude toward the class based on the fact that "a student's acceptance of information is based in part on "who said it" and not the information itself" (Berlo, Lemert, and Mertz, 1966). ... The students were to evaluate the assistant's personal traits according to likelihood of the teaching assistant...
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