This dissertation explores the structure of social evaluation, our capacity to perceive and judge others, within social psychology. Moving beyond monolithic frameworks, it adopts an integrative approach that distinguishes between assertiveness, ability, friendliness, and morality, enabling a nuanced analysis of how social perception is structured. Through four empirical chapters, this research investigates the influence of: (1) judge characteristics (e.g., social status, ideology), (2) target characteristics (e.g., group entitativity), (3) intergroup relations (e.g., intergroup permeability), and (4) context characteristics (e.g., number of targets). Together, these findings underscore that social evaluation is not merely about targets, but rather emerges from a dynamic interplay among judge, target, intergroup relations, and context.
Barbedor, J. (2025). Unpacking the Structure of Social Evaluation: A Multimodal Analysis Across Judge, Target, Intergroup, and Contextual Determinants. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/248805