Research from the Cognitive Perspective on Impression Formation Suggests That

Research from the cognitive perspective on impression formation suggests that we form our impressions of other people in part by .

A) averaging available information about them
B) discounting some information if we suspect impression management is a factor in the other person's presentation of themselves
C) subtracting our known biases from our initial impressions
D) adding discrete pieces of information about them
E) multiplying available information and adding an importance factor that depends on the situation