Appearance Says A Lot When Making First Impressions
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 17:14
in Psychology & Sociology
With the publication of a paper in the upcoming issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, science has finally confirmed what most people have long thought. According to the study, physical appearance says a lot when seeing someone for the first time. What most people likely don't know, however, is that first impressions based solely on appearance are actually fairly accurate. In the study, conducted by psychologists at Sonoma State University and the University of Texas at Austin, observers viewed full-body photographs of 123 people they had never met read more
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