Face Value : : The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions / / Alexander Todorov.

The scientific story of first impressions-and why the snap character judgments we make from faces are irresistible but usually incorrectWe make up our minds about others after seeing their faces for a fraction of a second-and these snap judgments predict all kinds of important decisions. For example...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.) :; 83 color illus. 85 halftones. 4 line illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Prologue
  • PART 1. THE APPEAL OF PHYSIOGNOMY
  • CHAPTER 1. The Physiognomists' Promise
  • CHAPTER 2. Single- Glance Impressions
  • CHAPTER 3. Consequential Impressions
  • PART 2. UNDERSTANDING FIRST IMPRESSIONS
  • CHAPTER 4. The Psychologist's Trade
  • CHAPTER 5. Making the Invisible Visible
  • CHAPTER 6: The Functions of Impressions
  • CHAPTER 7: The Eye of the Beholder
  • PART 3: THE (MIS)ACCURACY OF FIRST IMPRESSIONS
  • CHAPTER 8: Misleading Images
  • CHAPTER 9: Suboptimal Decisions
  • CHAPTER 10: Evolutionary Stories
  • CHAPTER 11: Life Leaves Traces on Our Faces
  • PART 4: THE SPECIAL STATUS OF FACES
  • CHAPTER 12: Born to Attend to Faces
  • CHAPTER 13: Face Modules in the Brain
  • CHAPTER 14: Illusory Face Signals
  • EPILOGUE: More Evolutionary Stories
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes and References
  • Image Credits
  • Index