Can you trust that immediate, unsettling feeling about a stranger?
In short: We often experience lasting, critical judgments about others that are difficult to shake. This video explores the social psychology behind these first impressions and what they reveal about our brains.
Peter Mende-Siedlecki examines the neurological and psychological processes that occur when we make an initial judgment. The lesson investigates why these impressions are so persistent and explores the theory that our instinctive reactions may actually suggest that humans are fundamentally good.
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- Summary by Intellect · source: Should you trust your first impression? - Peter Mende-Siedlecki
- Also: Should you trust your first impression? - Peter | TED-Ed
- Also: Peter Mende-Siedlecki: Should you trust your first impression? | TED Talk
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