Social PP

Science of first impressions

• Perception of people is process through which we determine others' temporary states, eg. desires and intentions, and enduring dispositions, eg. beliefs, traits and abilities
• we are quick to judge others, these impressions have real world implications and outcomes

Impression formation

• process through which observers integrate various sources of info about others' self presentation into a unified judgement

Biases in impression formation

• primacy and recency (Asch…