First Impressions & The Halo Effect
Every time we get contact with a new person, we
formulate a first impression on them.
Yes, the same way you have good and bad first
impressions, people have good and bad first impressions on you, but don’t panic
we will learn everything about it here.
5 minutes? 1 minute? 30 seconds? 3 seconds?
Well, I don’t want to scary you but according to a series of
experiments by Princeton psychologists Janine Willis and Alexander Todorov, it
only takes a tenth of a second to form and impression of a stranger from their
face.
You can like
it or not but, these impressions based on facial appearance are very important
in how we treat other and how we get treated.
That’s why for
politics is so important to have a trustworthy and competent face, because
people will get a first impression on them in a blink of an eye, even before
they say something.
1- BE KIND
In every
situation of your live kindness is fundamental.
Here, kindness
works as an “ice breaker”, because it awakes others sympathy and breaks
possible resistance by them
If u like to
be treated well, just treat well the others.
2- ATTENTION AND
EMPATHY
Everyone
likes to be heard, so try to do that, it’s really important to you to show
attention in what others are saying.
Try to not get
distracted by noises and the environment.
And please… don’t
use your cellphone!
3- SMALL TALK
In a conversation
you have to give and take.
Do some
questions to the person that you are talking to and take a few minutes to learn
something about them.
Who knows he
likes bowling too, and next week you go play together.
4- KNOWLEDGE
If is a job
interview or something that you know the basic things that will be talked,
try to do
some research in the topics that you feel like will come up in the conversation.
I will give
an example
If you are
going to meet someone that is really interested in football, like a referee or
a football player, I hope u know what the offside rule is, because if u don’t… Do
some research about it!
5- APPEARANCE
For appearance,
I am not referring to some specific style of clothes or brand.
I’m referring
to the care that you give to your appearance, don’t go with messy hair, or
without taking a bath. Take care of yourself.
When it comes
to clothes, just analyze the situation and choose a simple and appropriate
clothing.
6- TIME
If it is a
meeting, please, please, please, please be on time.
In a meeting that’s
literally the first impression the person will have of you, because if you are late,
they even before seeing you will formulate a bad impression of you.
7- SMILE
Always keep a
big smile in your mouth, a confident smile will transmit good vibes to the
other person.
You know how
they say, “Smile and the World smiles too”.
8- BE YOURSELF
Even thought to
create a good impression you have to fit in some degree.
Always be
yourself, be Authentic!
Only this way
you can be confident enough and build trust in yourself to cause a good first
impression.
THE HALO
EFFECT
So, where the
Halo effect comes when we are talking about first impressions?
Well, The
Halo effect is when you have an idea about someone before you meet them.
It is like first impression and when you meet
the person you will search for the characteristics that you already had in mind.
Let me give
you some examples
If a boss doesn’t
know his worker but know that he arrives on time every day, he will consider him
someone competent even before he meets him.
Or
If you see a
picture of someone and you think that person is attractive, you will think that
person is nice and kind, and when you meet them you will automatically search
for that good characteristics.
This way we understand
the relation between the Halo effect and first impressions
I hope you
take these tips well
And remember
You don’t have
a second chance to do a good first impression.
By Diogo de Lima
IPAM Porto, number 9154
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