... impressions of other people constantly. The influence would be extended from the first impression to the further judgement about others. This could be interpreted as an integrative aspect. On the other hand, a person would make further judgements about another one according to another's personality and the judgement about the previous judgements (Weber, 1992). In short, the framework of impression showed that it is both a dynamic and integrative cognitive process. Next, the cognitive process would be examined more precisely. Stereotype and the Gestalt formation will be compared. Stereotype was termed (Hilton & Hippel, 1996) as "fixed ways of thinking about people that put them into categories and don't allow for individual variation". It involved classifying people according to a set of pre-established criteria, on the basis of some superficial characteristic-like colour skin, gender, and etc. People believed that they understand the group as they labelled it. Therefore, they viewed ...

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