How do we form our impressions of other people?
Firstly, what do we base our impressions on - is it one's specific traits? Or rather, his/her overall image in our mind? Or may be all we care about is the physical appearance?
The timing is crucial too: is the first impression as important as it is believed to be? Can we alter it later on or does it stay unchanged?
These - and much more - questions I will be addressing in this post. Firstly, I will discuss the main Impression Formation theories. Then, I will come to the phenomena of Self-Fulfilling Prophesy (it is actually as exciting as it sounds!), and in the end I will touch upon the problem of the accuracy: are we, humans, actually any good at such basic social skill as forming opinions of others?
Firstly, what do we base our impressions on - is it one's specific traits? Or rather, his/her overall image in our mind? Or may be all we care about is the physical appearance?
The timing is crucial too: is the first impression as important as it is believed to be? Can we alter it later on or does it stay unchanged?
These - and much more - questions I will be addressing in this post. Firstly, I will discuss the main Impression Formation theories. Then, I will come to the phenomena of Self-Fulfilling Prophesy (it is actually as exciting as it sounds!), and in the end I will touch upon the problem of the accuracy: are we, humans, actually any good at such basic social skill as forming opinions of others?