First impressions often don’t lie, study says

Researchers at Sonoma State University and the University of Texas at Austin have concluded that first impressions really do matter in determining personality traits.

In a study to be published in the December 10 issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, observers were shown full-bodied photographs of 123 people. They were asked to identity personality traits, such as agreeableness, extraversion, openness and self-esteem, based solely on the photos.

When a photograph showed a person using a “naturally expressive behaviour” (smiling, energetic stance), observers accurately identified nine out of the 10 personality traits.

Dr. Laura Naumann of Sonoma State University, one of the psychologists who conducted the study, says: “In an age dominated by social media where personal photographs are ubiquitous, it becomes important to understand the ways personality is communicated via our appearance. The appearance one portrays in his or her photographs has important implications for their professional and social life.” (Source: futurity.org)

I think Oscar Wilde had it right more than 100 years ago, when he famously quipped: “It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.”

                    

Technorati Tags: First impressions, Marketing research, Oscar Wilde, Psychology, Sonoma State University, University of Texas at Austin

• Learn More Information About Dating Sites Free inside this Blog Publication Did you never reflect, why nobody seems, return of your calls after every first appointment? Do you want to know methods to get the womanish heart? If everybody is simply...
• 101 Ways to Lose Your Gut [/caption] Spend more of each day burning fat than you do storing it, and over time, you'll bury your belly forever. The average man's body houses 43.2 pounds of fat....
• How to Go Into Debt to Get Out of Debt This really sounds like the ultimate oxymoron, but one of the best ways to get out of debt is to go a little bit further in. What’s that? First, to...

Tags: First impressions, Marketing research, Oscar Wilde, Psychology, Sonoma State University, University of Texas at Austin

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 5:48 am and is filed under Marketing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.