Appearance Bias - Deepstash

Appearance Bias

We do not see people as they are, but as they appear to us:

  • people have trained themselves in social situations to present the front that is appropriate and that will be judged positively. 
  • we fall for the halo effect : when we see certain negative or positive qualities in a person, other positive or negative qualities are implied that fit with this.

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