PSYCH235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Availability Heuristic, Representativeness Heuristic, Psych
11 Feb 2016
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Where do first impressions come from: what people say about themselves, what people don"t say (nonverbal cues) facial expressions, eye contact, posture, gesture, volume, pitch. Extraversion judge based on face, compare to self-report of extraversion. Sexual orientation no jewelry etc. allowed on face. Judged based on face and hair, on top of a plain white background. The success of a ceo"s company indicated by company profits. Look how powerful/dominant the ceos look, if they"re leaders or not. The more powerful looking the ceo, the more successful the company. Limitations: subtle differences in facial expressions can change people"s opinions on them, 5 pictures of a man"s face, people pick where he should put pics up for different things. A picture of a woman looking at a screen. What is kathy looking at, at her screen: she looks focused, like reading an article or her email. Unrelated positive or negative events can influence our judgements o people and things.
