How Fast Social Impressions Can Be Accurate

Social impressions can form quickly and still be accurate. Social psychologists study how people judge others, including how students evaluate their teachers from limited information. This topic also looks at why quick judgments can be useful in everyday life.

Much research on person perception h...

Upon meeting new people, many individuals tend to make quick judgments of another person?even without much information to go on.

For instance, at a social gathering, someone might immediately think that the guy with cool glasses, whom they?ve never met, is likeable based solely on his appearance. As it turns out, he is easy-going and has ...