Should you trust your first impressions?

You can’t help it; sometimes, you just get a bad feeling about someone that’s hard to shake.

So, what’s happening in your brain when you make that critical (and often lasting) first judgment?

Peter Mende-Siedlecki shares the social psychology of first impressions — and why they may indicate that, deep down, people are basically good.

After watching the video, have a look at this activity that you can do with other learners or with friends. Primacy and Recency Memory activity.