PSY 2110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Narcissism, Fundamental Attribution Error, Lie Detection
22 Mar 2019
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How they act, look, dress and what they say is pertinent, thereby using a combination of verbal and nonverbal behaviours. The fundamental attribution error suggests that we only see what we want to see, having a basic tendency to make global, personality generalizations based upon observations made in speci c situations. Judgements of a person"s personality re ects their behaviour in other situations. Once our initial impression is made it is hard to change since we persist in only seeing what is consistent with our initial judgement (blind to other later factors) People make judgements about others in a short period of time, similar to those made by people interacting over a longer period of time. Rst impressions made through short clips of an interview were the same impressions made by those interviewing them for an hour. First impressions are like polaroid pictures, a head-to-toe image that develops instantly and never entirely fades.
