PSYC 3730H Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Positive Illusions, Confirmation Bias, Impression Management
11 Apr 2016
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The influence our judgements of others for a long time. We don"t start from scratch: everybody we meet fits some category of people about whom we already hold stereotypes first impressions: they"re male or female, pretty of plain, young or old . Then, primacy effect occurs: the first information we obtain about others carries special weight. First impressions also affect our choices of the new information we seek. A confirmation bias is typical: pursue information that will confirm our beliefs. We too rarely confront convincing evidence that our first impressions are wrong. As a result, we tend to be overconfident: we put too much faith in our judgements, and think that we"re right about others more often than we really are. We make more mistakes than we realize. Idealizing our partners: we often judge our lovers with positive illusions that portray them in the best possible light, we judge our lovers more positively than other people do,
