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First impressions

Posted: 14 Oct 2017, 14:44
by duke63
Are usually correct.

An ex neighbour of ours who lived opposite in our last house was convicted of sexual offences against two 17 year old girls this week. He was a driving instructor with a wife and two kids but he always made me and the wife feel a little uncomfortable (and another neighbour).

Strange how these impressions often turn out to be correct.

Re: First impressions

Posted: 14 Oct 2017, 15:09
by D41
What was it about him that made you & the wife uncomfortable??

Re: First impressions

Posted: 14 Oct 2017, 15:13
by Kwacky
He's a creep and deserves full punishment

Re: First impressions

Posted: 14 Oct 2017, 20:28
by StMarks
duke63 wrote:Are usually correct.

An ex neighbour of ours who lived opposite in our last house was convicted of sexual offences against two 17 year old girls this week. He was a driving instructor with a wife and two kids but he always made me and the wife feel a little uncomfortable (and another neighbour).

Strange how these impressions often turn out to be correct.
A lot of us are far more capable of reading people than we realise. The current thinking suggests that at least 55% of communication is nonverbal, so your "first impressions" may well have been down to you subconsciously reading him.

Re: First impressions

Posted: 14 Oct 2017, 20:51
by Kwacky
Read up on first impressions and impression formation. I think it was Luchins. It's the fastest process our brains perform.