WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT: IMPRESSION FORMATION
PART 1:
Impression management is important for the way we treat others when we meet them, and the way others think about and respond to us when they meet us. In this next short clip, the narrator gives examples fo how impressions can be influenced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1D6RpP-ou4Links to an external site.
1. What examples did the narrator give on how impressions can be influenced?
2. What surprised you the most or what made the strongest impact on your understanding of impressions?
3. How in your life has the impression you made influenced the way others treated you? Be thorough in your description.
PART 2: A. Peter Mende-Siedlecki: Should you trust your first impression?
Peter Mende-Siedlecki is an interesting speaker and discusses the social psychology of first impressions. He states that impressions as guides for how we think others will behave but what factors affect the strength of these impressions. t Watch this video and answer the questions below
https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_mende_siedlecki_should_you_trust_your_first_impressionLinks to an external site.
1. How does this video relate to this module on impression formation?
2. Can we change our impressions in light of new information? Please explain your response.
3. Which makes a stronger impression–very positive or very negative qualities in another. Please explain your response
4. What is the effect of evaluating character traits, competencies, and the frequency of behavior in impression formation?
5. What was the speakers’ explanation of why we weigh negative traits/behavior so heavily? 6. In ways can this information brought out by the speaker can assist you in managing perceptions or first impressions that others have of you?
7. How was your perceptions influenced by the first encounter you had with your current best friend or close friend?
Part 2 B:
Watch this short video, and then let’s talk about the message.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay9cf8X9N4QLinks to an external site.
1. What is speaker’s main argument, and how does this relate to first impressions.
2. What is implied by the “attractiveness halo” and what effects may this have on a person in childhood and adulthood?
3. In what ways can we counteract the attractiveness halo?
4. What are your overall impressions after watching this video. Please give a thorough answer.