Psychology and ELT - First Impressions
2,726 views · Published 14 August 2014 · 1:19 · Indexed 18 October 2026
Channel: Nick Michelioudakis · 2014 · Comedy
How long does it take to form a first impression? More to the point perhaps, how important is this first impression? Doctoral student Nalini Ambady set herself the task of finding out. Her study was simplicity itself. She showed students short videos of University Professors in action taken at the beginning of the academic year. Students had to evaluate the lecturers on a number of personality dimensions, e.g. on whether they came across as enthusiastic, friendly and warm. Each clip lasted 30 seconds. And the sound was off. Watch the great Paul Bloom describe the study. The findings are simply mind-blowing! [NB: I do not own the copyright to this video clip. I have uploaded it here for educational purposes].
