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WorksheetsThe Psychology of First Impressions
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 16mins
First impressions tell the whole story.
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false
If a person is happy when we meet her, we will often think she is happy all the time.
true
false
Our first impressions give us an accurate picture of the whole person.
true
false
We judge other people's behavior differently from our own.
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false
People ... what they see in a first encounter.
often make mistakes about
make sense of information from
form very accurate impressions from
People assume that their first impressions tell them about ... person.
a sample of a
most of a
the whole
If we think a person is happy when we first meet her, we will think she is also ...
friendly
boring
kind
If someone else does something negative, we think ...
it is because of his personality
he is a good person
it is because of how he felt that day
If we do something negative, we think it is because of ...
our personality
the situation
someone else
Check the 2 statements you think the lecturer agrees with.
If a stranger behaves rudely, you may assume he isn't intelligent.
First impressions are rarely accurate.
People make more excuses for their own bad behavior.
An example of behavior can tell us a lot about someone's personality.
Read the situation below. Discuss the 2 questions together and then write your suggested answers.
On my first day of college, I was moving into my dorm room when my roommate, Renee, came in. She had already moved in and taken the bed by the window. Her stuff was everywhere. Her parents were with her. They were very nice and introduced themselves, but Renee was quiet and didn't really look at me. I didn't say much either because I thought she didn't like me. She threw her bag on her bed and they all left. I was very upset. I thought Renee was rude and mean. I was mad that she didn't even give me a chance. An hour or so later, Renee came back to the room. She apologized for her rudeness. She had just had a bad argument with her parents and was upset with them. She described their fight in a very funny way, and we both laughed. After that, she became one of my best friends. She's the perfect roommate.
- How accurate was the writer's first impression of her roommate?
- How does this story illustrate the points the speaker made in her lecture?
