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Should you trust your first impressions?
UNIT 10
CONNECTIONS
You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
To watch and talk about first impressions.
To watch a video for understanding.
To extract specific details from a video and complete sentences.
To express your opinion on how first impressions are formed.
Do you judge others by their behavior? This video presents an analysis of forming and updating impressions based on people’s behavior.
First impression
Timing
Appearance
Handshake
Body language
…
Imagine you went to see a football game. The man sitting next to you was loud, spilt his drink on you, and made fun of your team. Days later, you’re walking in the park when it starts to rain. The same man from the football game shows up at your side to offer you an umbrella.
What might be your first impression of this man?
Do you change your impression of him after the second encounter?
Watch Part 1 of the video. Write T (true) of F (false) according to the speaker.
Watch a video on first impressions.
Read the statements.
Compare your answers with your partner.
T
1. We’re quick to form lasting first impressions of others based on their behaviors.
2. We form impressions of others with little effort and from a single behavior.
3. We cannot change our impressions in light of new information.
T
F
Watch Part 2 of the video. Complete the information.
1. Very negative, highly immoral information has a ______________ than very positive, highly moral information.
2. When learning about another person’s abilities and competences, the __________________ gets weighed more heavily.
3. Highly immoral actions and highly competent actions are ___________ behaviors that people tend to weigh ____________.
stronger impact
positive information
less frequent
more heavily
4. The brain decides whether the behavior is typical or
________________ in order to make complex decisions.
5. Caring more about the very negative, immoral things is ____________ of the comparative rar