“…Furthermore, compared to listeners, speakers try to convey only relevant information (Higgins, Fondacaro, & McCann, 1981; see same for a more detailed discussion of speaker and listener roles). Similarly, when social perceivers expect to have to explain something to other people, they adopt a focused search for meaning; they form more fixed, polarized, organized, and categoryoriented impressions than people expecting to receive information (e.g., Cohen, 1961;Hoffman, Mischel, & Baer, 1984;Zajonc, 1960).…”