How do we create the first impressions? Theories of social psychology

The study of our knowledge of the social world, how we interact and perceive the world as actors and spectators. Social Cognition

Impressions are notions that are created in contact with people and that give us an interpretive framework to evaluate them. Impressions

It allows generalizing characteristics in order to simplify information, organizing and giving meanings. There are three types of evaluation: Affective Moral Instrumental. *All of this is influenced by our personal constructs. Categorization

Primacy Effect Tendency to give more importance to first impressions about a person than to further information. Corresponds to the durability or persistence of first impressions. (Asch, 1946)

Halo Effect Tendency to capture the characteristics that will confirm the first impression.

A primeira impressão é a que fica

It is the way of categorizing people through signs and information, predicting their behavior and theirs and attitudes. Expectations

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Be careful when assuming an expectation of first impression, it does not always correlate with reality.

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References: Processos fundamentais da cognição O efeito da percepção