Figure 3.

Behavioral evidence of impression updating. A, B, Participants' ratings of trustworthiness changed more when evaluating individuals varying on morality (A), while their ratings of competence changed more when evaluating individuals varying on ability (B). Moreover, we observed an asymmetry between the two domains in terms of which information had the strongest impact on impression updating. C, Negative information was more diagnostic in the morality domain, as the absolute change in trustworthiness ratings was largest for the moral-to-immoral individuals. The absolute change in trustworthiness was larger for individuals varying on morality (orange bars) than those varying on ability (blue bars). D, Positive information was more diagnostic in the ability domain, as the absolute change in competence ratings was largest for the incompetent-to-competent individuals. The absolute change in competence was larger for individuals varying on ability (blue bars) than those varying on morality (orange bars). C-I, Competent-to-incompetent; I-C, incompetent-to-competent; M-I; moral-to-immoral; I-M, immoral-to-moral.