Summary: - Brain judges based on first impressions are developed long ago when our ancestors lived without language. And everything they decide is based on gesture, face, or voice. A fast conclusion is very important for survival. - We have a tendency to do mimicry of people that we talk with. The more we try to do the same (gesture, expression, or voice), it means that we are interested in/like that person. - If we explain something with a smiley face, the listener could be smiley too. It is gonna be different if we use serious faces to explain something. - Until now, it is difficult to identify whether people lying or not. Because, people that confident about what they said and feel that the witness is true, seem so hard to identify that they were lying. - We can learn how to communicate to be more likable. For example, emphasizing words can send a clear signal, and we need to consider short pauses too. It can be learned, like learning new vocabulary or grammar. - We react to these cues from a very young age - Our brains are lazy because we want to minimize our energy level, so we tend to make fast predictions, expectations, impressions, or judgments about something, like places, people, and stuff. - Are we can unlearn stereotypes? It seems NO. more conscious or less conscious, people are applying stereotypes.
Good comment. Our brains are wired to stereotype, we literally can’t help it. Our survival and evolution depended on it. We needed to read cues consciously and subconsciously in order to sniff out who we can trust, who’s dangerous, etc.
Im 62 and spent most of my life being classified as a criminal all because I have a rough looking face... I've never been in trouble with the law but nearly always judged in a negative manner.. Remember the saying "Don't Judge a Book by its Cover ?" Nearly everyone dose...
I believe you. I have a big nose and what I perceive-beside people who already knows me- people who just meet me analyze my face, my accent, and so on and on. When I got a nose filler I remember going to interviews was so different…. People smiled more, they felt like they could trust me more, I believe that an important nose makes some people uncomfortable, doubtful, or they just prefer someone with a smaller nose, because a big nose might give you the feeling of a big personality… Well I still see people talking and acting different to me now- with nose filler. Also smiling or not smiling, changes so much other people perceptions… Personally I’ve never judged through facial features, clothing or facial expressions. However I have a big perception about someone’s voice- tone. I think communication is soo fascinating. I also do social experiments with my pets 🤣 They can recognize when I say something negative or when I compliment etc… I believe we’re all very electric somehow. The strongest thing is the voice in my opinion!
I'm a Christian, but dress completly in black and have long hair, so I'm naturally judged as a "goth" metal-head, but I'm OK with that, I like to get to know people that are intelligent, thinking, real people, not superficial, instinctive, fake people. Good luck!
People are d-heads its stems from TRIBAL close nit daze, and "outsiders" or "unusual" is a red flag, of course, these days it's completely reversed, all the angelic-hunky perfect faces, are the real criminals, one way or another, as they know what they can GET away with, and they do.
if anyone is interested in learning more about this topic, I'd suggest reading the book "Blink" as it talks exactly about this and how to possibly change biases
Beautiful documentary that highlights something I'm currently studying in undergrad psych -- fluid and crystallized intelligences. Which abilities are we born with, and which do we learn? In combination with this documentary, its hard to overlook some uncomfortable social concepts like racism, inequality and class division. Thank you so much for sharing.
“Fluid” intelligence …and “Crystalized” intelligence? It’s been decades since my graduate studies…but I have run into this double-speak before. I have learned to use some healthy skepticism when hearing others indulge in what appears to be normal shop talk. It’s been my experience that the definition of intelligence (and Aristotle) is knowing how little we know. This documentary, as “beautiful” as it appears, repeated several errors, including the curious “Primates process vocal cues the same way WE DO”…ignoring the fact that WE ARE PRIMATES TOO!
Those are not „uncomfortable social concepts“, they are prejudices. And those who see them everywhere are often those who are the most prejudiced. ☝🏼 Entitlement and superiority are in fact the uncomfortable social concepts, that cause so many problems… 🙄
as for someone like myself, who has a lot of energy, I often find myself adjusting my tone of voice, and even my body language to suit the needs of others. Most times I don't care what they think but it is amazing how wonderful it works.
Every time I would go into a new job, I would be somewhat pushed into a management position (which I normally avoid) and as time went on, I don't believe this is only because of my work ethic and eye contact, social intelligence - but more so because of my facial expressions and just the way my face looks in general. This documentary answered a ton...
Since I have a guarded personality and need a lot of personal space, it is hard for me to warm up to people fast, especially people who are too friendly or quick to invade my space (ask too many questions for example). I can honestly say that I have not yet allowed questionable people into my life. I am quite good at keeping people I don’t get along at arm’s length. When it comes to people association, I am no pushover.
And some people have rare voice disorders that can make it impossible to control your pitch, tone etc and causes different microexpressions trying to get the words out. Keep that in mind when forming your impressions
People with neurodivergencies (like autism) can suffer from getting lumped in with negatives because of their lack of 'correct' behaviors and expressions. People should stay self-aware of their instinctive judgments of people for seeming 'off'.
The documentary has given me inspiration and insight in selecting a topic for research in psychology... Thank you DW Docs. More research needs to reviewed on this topic as this technology will surely be used as a weapons all over the world.
Its not a good one for getting work. I have a degree in psychology, but too many people & too few job's....or maybe it was just me. An interesting subject .....for sure! : ))
@@straya4837 do you have an undergraduate degree in psych? That definitely limits your ability to use your knowledge for a psych role. You have to do masters or a PhD to get anywhere with psych. Look at HR or social work or counselling roles that would appreciate your knowledge.psych is highly competitive & selective and it gets harder in post-grad but better job opportunities for sure. I find the process ridiculously convoluted & highly stressful which is frustrating when you want to help the ever increasing need for mental health workers. Consider specialising in a subdiscipline of psych like community psych or educational psych, or even organisational/industrial psych, that I think will only need a certificate or a diploma. If it's truly your passion, keep at it, we need people like you in the field. Good luck from an old fart (40+ Yr old) MA psych student. ☺️
@@SalznPfeffer658 wow, thank you so much for putting in the tlc message. Been fascinated with peoples faces since childhood. And understanding someone’s intent was life saving growing up in jhb-gp. Still working on achieving the undergraduate degree - just starting really, hence it being great feedback. I’m defo going to need all the luck too, 41yr old with a few more duracell’s left 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🙏🏼
I have never had that instinct for reading a person only based on a first impression. I wouldn't say autism is involved, but I either have to totally trust or totally not trust. The only way to protect myself is to totally not trust by default. Then slowly learn to trust as I get to know them. I try not to make any decisions after a first impression because I can't trust it.
Most people I know who believe in that and try to live by it basically try not to act/react based on their instant first "judgement", and actively try to wait and see. But yeah, we all have that instant judgement
For me, first impression and feelings are very correct most of the time. I can feel if a group of people is right for me or not whenever I enter any place.
Unfortunately I don’t think we can help it, it happens in parts of our brain that we do not consciously control. All we can do is second guess those instant judgements.
Humans have evolved to make a split decision on whether a stranger is safe or not. I worked that out years ago. My life experience taught me to trust my first impression as it is more reliable than subsequent 'second chances'. Don't knock it - it works. It is nothing to do with social group prejudice . That is a completely different matter.
Professor Kmadge - I too have come to an understanding about the nature of true intelligence: It comes down to knowing how LITTLE you know. That we are all pattern-seeking PRIMATES, a half a chromosome away from being chimpanzees, I suspect you are often more wrong than you KNOW. And you have to admit, that when it comes to people who think they know everything…IT SHOWS!
@@damonmelendez856 - I too have discovered that when I hear a fellow primate use the painful cliche “Scientific Fact”, that they have no idea what they’re talking about.
What a great video. I wish more people spent their time watching more educational videos. I wish people could understand most of youtube is illiterate and highly regulated.
May be true. And can be used for several aspects. But what this world needs is ’treat others how u want to be treated ’. Compassion, inclusion, friendship instead of exclusion. there are SOOO much under the surface you have No clue about . What ppl go through can be the surface and they can be an amazing person in their core.
This is an amazing thing that I've been wondering for a while DW documentary thank you for this video and hope we get to see more videos like this like the misconceptions of nuclear power and stuff like that people should know how we already solve stuff like the nuclear waste storage decades ago and things like that would be something I would love to see and have people to see would be very important for anyone to know.
yeah but also body language is different per culture. i work in a highly multicultural environment and that's one of the first things we have to learn. body language is as varied as language, and that communication can be just as misleading as two people speaking different languages. your pose, hand movement, head movement, where are you looking at, where do you or if you touch, how close are you, all of that are things very different from culture to culture. verbal language is the best way of communication
It's funny that we are just now trying to understand this from a human perspective. Animals, in particular, dogs, can make these determinations far more accurately even from a distance. They rely on smell, sight, and all their sensory capabilities, including body language and movements of another dog and will make a very accurate assumption almost immediately. We should be looking into dogs to really find out how this works in humans. Food for thought.
Why use a different species to understand how another species determines things? Sure, we can look at animal (dogs as you said) studies to learn some things...but not the "how" of humans use information, or determine split section analysis of them. Using the way an ostrich sees the world doesn't help understand how a hippo views the world 🙄 Study humans to understand humans. Learn about attachment theory, the subconscious, neuroscience, genetics, epigenetics, but don't try to cross over the info of dogs to ascertain how humans sense things!!
they like you because you give them food and attention. you are like a god or parent to them. a wild deer or squirrel would want nothing to do with you
It is actually flawed, since it forms a lasting impression of that person in a split second and majority of the time it forms a false picture because we don't get to really know that person.
Thank you so much for your help and advice, I really appreciate your job. I wish you happiness and peace under the sky of prosperity. All the best. Take care and have a good time
It's a much broader issue than first impressions. Human beings are intricately involved in how they appear to one another, from love to hate, a persons appearance is a conclusive stimulation of everything from rejection, acceptance, sexual attraction and more. Everything in your life is determined by your appearance, your opportunities, your inclusion or your disenfranchisement. It's what Fashion is all about including the overt desire to be sexually attractive, 80 billion articles of clothing are sold each year, about 49 billion dollars a year are spent on cosmetics in the USA alone, on top of that the psychology of marketing attempts to make you feel unacceptable if you are not up to date with the latest fashions or involved with make up. How we appear and how others appear to us is so intrinsic that we never know we are involved in discrimination or full blown acceptance of others or ourselves. It is what movies are all about, we watch others with a hawk's eye, even babies sit in front of videos of other babies enthralled and will watch intently. Our societies are based upon how we perceive each other, social ranking and economic success, even pairing up and mating are heavily influenced and for the most part beyond our control. At this point we don't even know who we are and remain a product which is very significant in that it is very profitable but invariably pitiful.
what a fascinating exploration of how our brains work! I really enjoyed the insights shared. however, I can’t help but feel that relying too heavily on first impressions might limit our understanding of people. sometimes, it seems like we miss out on getting to know someone truly because we let those quick judgments influence us too much. what do you all think?
I foresee researchers in this specialty immediately using their knowledge base to manipulate the public politically and financially. Oh, what a brave new world we weave.
NOW YOU ARE THINKING,THIS DOCUMENTARY, IT'S A COMPUTER DECLARATION ON OUR BEHAVIOUR. BUT we usually make decision because of our current circumstances. AND NO COMPUTER CAN DO THAT. NO MATTER WHAT YOU PROGRAM IT.
As a totally blind person, I judge the person based on their personality and how they treat me. I am good at recognizing voices once I hear them one time.
Sure because human carry soul and hormones. AI and robot never can be developed enough & I believe that rebellious always be human option. Meaning how deep you learn about something and if it carry enough understanding than become a challenge to find way to against those so called "rule"
"Our brains are lazy because we want to minimize our energy level, so we tend to make fast predictions, expectations, impressions, or judgments about something, like places, people," I agree w this from below - more recent 'scientific' reviews suggest we really are not very good at instant impressions or deeper impressions, which includes whether someone is lying or not, even experts are not very good. Almost everything we do filters through our 'perceptions' which say much more about our upbringing, other past information, the stereotypes we have agreed to, etc. If we want more accurate and nuanced Perspective, we have to work for it, and it is hard work. Some good information here, but not all up to date. We are human - like to 'think' we are better at things than we really are - lol - I do like that we are starting to admit to some of our limitations and to consider how we might improve the currently unfair predictable outcomes.
Thanks....this was most interesting & insightful. I will always rely on my gut instinct & it has served me pretty well for most of my 55 years being around some very bad people & some very sneaky people. I only have about 2 real important friend's, but some showed their true colours after just a few hours with them. I personally have more meaningful relationships with the animal's I help & rescue. I dont trust people who say thing's like 'i hate cats' ( or who ever )& when they hate with a vengeance I think they're dodgy & keep my wits about me when they're around, obviously.
@@mymore195 Yes - & tbh, those times when I have shut down those immediate impressions in order to ‘give that person a chance’ - I have always been burned. It is unfortunate that we have to teach ourselves & our children to be skeptical of other people.🤷🏽♂
Your experience and your description of how you have navigated other people is almost a 'mini guide' into what I have been trying to do, especially for the last 2 years after I was burned by people really close to me. Thank you 🙏
The title of this video says: "The power of our first impression" which may indicate that this power is a positive trait. However and with some changes in the context of the video, I might call it "The curse of our first impression". Because the same "power” can also be a negative trait "curse". Why? because we tend to judge people by their color, race, ethnicity, religion,...etc which is generally not a good thing; in fact, it is the root cause of racism, sectarianism, tribalism,...etc.
It's true that we as humans rely on all these body language and facial expressions that they're trying to program into robots, but we also have conscious thinking and time, we might make judgements, but we can also understand when someone clarifies what they meant, and we can learn to recognise and understand people with different mannerisms than ours with time or after getting to know them, etc... We don't just base everything on body language
what about if a person is behaving rather suspicious or odd and this makes you sense danger. Do you disregard your survival gut instincts and risk the possibility of genuine physical harm in order to remain nonjudgemental?
Very interesting, alway great improving one’s understanding of others and ourselves, having been misunderstood most of my life, I seem to have a knacks at ruining hopeful relationships, sadly, the volume and sound of one’s voice is as important as one facial expressions, however I’ve never had a problem connecting positively with animals, animals are never deceitful or false, and usually a good judge of people, but animals, like people, when mistreated, have a hard time trusting people, especially men, it interesting to note that the one thing all serial killers had in common, they disliked, mistreated and or were cruel to animals….
Very interesting how heuristics was never mentioned or did I miss something? Heuristics are mental shortcuts that can cause a person to make a quick decisions based on little information like the little information, person gets from a brief glance at someone’s face or the sound of their voice. Heuristics can also lead to stereotypes and biases and misconceptions. I noticed that this is actually encouraged so it’s not a surprise that people end up being very stereotypical and biased.
This may work easily on the normal everyday average Joe but it would be interesting to see how all of these *cues* apply when engaging psycopaths, actors, and pathological liars in real life situations.
I'm constantly told that looks dont matter yet they constantly judge and bully me for my skin disease and then even dare to burn scars on my face on purpose. Yet they are the victims of my anger for some mysterious reason. I dont know who's the psycho here, but definitely not me.
@@Penguin250 It made zero sense what you just said. But hey, why would you know anything. You just described traumatized people then you compared it to uh kindness? Can you even hear how stupid that sounds? I mean what do you even know about human psyche? And how easily you just ignored physical abuse. Now that speeks volumes about what kind of person you are.
Very interesting documentary.. I have learned in life 'looks' can be 'deceiving'.. I often have gut feelings, I listen to, more than exactly the way people looks. (true crime, for example).
Face? What happens if I have Ugly face? . Even good looking people have bad personality. Personality means mask. What you see from outside is not reflecting on inside sometimes. That's why people fall victim of fake love and hurt kidnapping all other stuff.
People need to also that remember that sometimes when something unpleasant is reflected in someone you meet that you don't like about yourself will automatically cause qn uneasiness and conflict within. So in truth is something about you within yourself you dont like and since that individual reflects that same issue you dont care for them at first impression. But actually those can be the same people that can end up being some of your closest and most valued relationships.
@@myfabulouslifewithlupus You're fine! Intellectual and intelligent are almost the exact same thing, so it just seemed odd to see them back to back. If you said intellectually intriguing, or something along those lines, it'd sound better and make more sense.
very interesting documentary showing insights about human brain behaviours as I pshcology student I really enjoyed I think human brain is biased perhaps we should trust Al to eliminate biased brain helps builds better informed decision about people DWs is the new discovery channel showing a high quality documentaries
Summary:
- Brain judges based on first impressions are developed long ago when our ancestors lived without language. And everything they decide is based on gesture, face, or voice. A fast conclusion is very important for survival.
- We have a tendency to do mimicry of people that we talk with. The more we try to do the same (gesture, expression, or voice), it means that we are interested in/like that person.
- If we explain something with a smiley face, the listener could be smiley too. It is gonna be different if we use serious faces to explain something.
- Until now, it is difficult to identify whether people lying or not. Because, people that confident about what they said and feel that the witness is true, seem so hard to identify that they were lying.
- We can learn how to communicate to be more likable. For example, emphasizing words can send a clear signal, and we need to consider short pauses too. It can be learned, like learning new vocabulary or grammar.
- We react to these cues from a very young age
- Our brains are lazy because we want to minimize our energy level, so we tend to make fast predictions, expectations, impressions, or judgments about something, like places, people, and stuff.
- Are we can unlearn stereotypes?
It seems NO. more conscious or less conscious, people are applying stereotypes.
Thanks, you satisfied my curiosity with your summary, saved me 40 Minutes 😍
Something new spread awareness
Thank you so much for the summary
Good comment. Our brains are wired to stereotype, we literally can’t help it. Our survival and evolution depended on it. We needed to read cues consciously and subconsciously in order to sniff out who we can trust, who’s dangerous, etc.
Your last point made me think about how I hate viewing political opinions on a left/right spectrum for some reason.
6:56 voice gives life
14:59 pink elephant effect
18:04 voice can detect disease
21:34 mimicry (synchronisation)
25:25 charismatic speaker
28:15 car-driving experiment, influenced by attractive voices
39:50 experiment: stereotypes can be acquired within minutes
thank you
I think the documentary should have included how Deaf people analyze Faces and Blind people analyze Voices. Otherwise, very well done. Thank you.
Yes, i’m curious also,
A mini series would have been nice
Yes, that would have been an interesting study to include. 😊
Agreed. My parents are deaf. Facial cues say so much.
@@mandy13420 Have they always been deaf? You have normal hearing?
Im 62 and spent most of my life being classified as a criminal all because I have a rough looking face...
I've never been in trouble with the law but nearly always judged in a negative manner..
Remember the saying "Don't Judge a Book by its Cover ?"
Nearly everyone dose...
I believe you.
I have a big nose and what I perceive-beside people who already knows me- people who just meet me analyze my face, my accent, and so on and on.
When I got a nose filler I remember going to interviews was so different….
People smiled more, they felt like they could trust me more, I believe that an important nose makes some people uncomfortable, doubtful, or they just prefer someone with a smaller nose, because a big nose might give you the feeling of a big personality…
Well I still see people talking and acting different to me now- with nose filler.
Also smiling or not smiling, changes so much other people perceptions…
Personally I’ve never judged through facial features, clothing or facial expressions.
However I have a big perception about someone’s voice- tone.
I think communication is soo fascinating.
I also do social experiments with my pets 🤣
They can recognize when I say something negative or when I compliment etc…
I believe we’re all very electric somehow.
The strongest thing is the voice in my opinion!
I'm a Christian, but dress completly in black and have long hair, so I'm naturally judged as a "goth" metal-head, but I'm OK with that, I like to get to know people that are intelligent, thinking, real people, not superficial, instinctive, fake people. Good luck!
People are d-heads its stems from TRIBAL close nit daze, and "outsiders" or "unusual" is a red flag, of course, these days it's completely reversed, all the angelic-hunky perfect faces, are the real criminals, one way or another, as they know what they can GET away with, and they do.
@@elvenkind6072 You are a goth. Embrace your shadow or it will consume your pretty boy "christianity"
Grateful that you've lived this long!
if anyone is interested in learning more about this topic, I'd suggest reading the book "Blink" as it talks exactly about this and how to possibly change biases
Thanks for the suggestion!
Beautiful documentary that highlights something I'm currently studying in undergrad psych -- fluid and crystallized intelligences. Which abilities are we born with, and which do we learn? In combination with this documentary, its hard to overlook some uncomfortable social concepts like racism, inequality and class division.
Thank you so much for sharing.
“Fluid” intelligence …and “Crystalized” intelligence? It’s been decades since my graduate studies…but I have run into this double-speak before. I have learned to use some healthy skepticism when hearing others indulge in what appears to be normal shop talk.
It’s been my experience that the definition of intelligence (and Aristotle) is knowing how little we know.
This documentary, as “beautiful” as it appears, repeated several errors, including the curious “Primates process vocal cues the same way WE DO”…ignoring the fact that WE ARE PRIMATES TOO!
Those are not „uncomfortable social concepts“, they are prejudices.
And those who see them everywhere are often those who are the most prejudiced. ☝🏼
Entitlement and superiority are in fact the uncomfortable social concepts, that cause so many problems… 🙄
Animals. It’s that simple!
DW documentaries on combination of biology/brain and technologies have never disappointed. Love this one very much.
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Fascinating documentary! Thank you DW.
as for someone like myself, who has a lot of energy, I often find myself adjusting my tone of voice, and even my body language to suit the needs of others. Most times I don't care what they think but it is amazing how wonderful it works.
in Colombia a loud voice and my brisk movements have been a great asset when it comes to deter criminals
@@MauricioMontoya-dd1wiAgreed. In any country police are very loud when demanding criminals (suspects more precisely😂) to obey. That's universal
I trust nobody until I have known them for a few years, and have direct experience of their atypical behavior and opinions.
Every time I would go into a new job, I would be somewhat pushed into a management position (which I normally avoid) and as time went on, I don't believe this is only because of my work ethic and eye contact, social intelligence - but more so because of my facial expressions and just the way my face looks in general. This documentary answered a ton...
I am the same
I get pushed into training … somehow I have to train the new ppl everywhere I go🤔
How does your face look in general btw?
I want to make my face look like this too
It's a really interesting documentary! I think our brain is highly complex when processing different information and no machine can imitate it
I believe kindness can shine in the face we trust
Since I have a guarded personality and need a lot of personal space, it is hard for me to warm up to people fast, especially people who are too friendly or quick to invade my space (ask too many questions for example). I can honestly say that I have not yet allowed questionable people into my life. I am quite good at keeping people I don’t get along at arm’s length. When it comes to people association, I am no pushover.
Seems to be common place among Anglo Saxons.
Gold medal for you 🙄
And some people have rare voice disorders that can make it impossible to control your pitch, tone etc and causes different microexpressions trying to get the words out. Keep that in mind when forming your impressions
People with neurodivergencies (like autism) can suffer from getting lumped in with negatives because of their lack of 'correct' behaviors and expressions. People should stay self-aware of their instinctive judgments of people for seeming 'off'.
@@Rietto that’s an excellent point.
@@damonmelendez856 you obviously know nothing about autism, this condition has NOTHING to do with family socialization, it's a neurological condition
@@pearlperlitavenegas2023 Karen didn't comment anything about family socialization. Did you leave your comment under the right name?
mang, i feel like my ocd does that to me. can't speak straight half the time :/
DW always bring the best 💯
Thank you for watching! :)
The documentary has given me inspiration and insight in selecting a topic for research in psychology... Thank you DW Docs. More research needs to reviewed on this topic as this technology will surely be used as a weapons all over the world.
Its not a good one for getting work. I have a degree in psychology, but too many people & too few job's....or maybe it was just me. An interesting subject .....for sure!
: ))
I would love to read your paper when you're done! Please keep us updated🙂
@@straya4837 do you have an undergraduate degree in psych? That definitely limits your ability to use your knowledge for a psych role. You have to do masters or a PhD to get anywhere with psych. Look at HR or social work or counselling roles that would appreciate your knowledge.psych is highly competitive & selective and it gets harder in post-grad but better job opportunities for sure. I find the process ridiculously convoluted & highly stressful which is frustrating when you want to help the ever increasing need for mental health workers. Consider specialising in a subdiscipline of psych like community psych or educational psych, or even organisational/industrial psych, that I think will only need a certificate or a diploma. If it's truly your passion, keep at it, we need people like you in the field.
Good luck from an old fart (40+ Yr old) MA psych student. ☺️
@@SalznPfeffer658 wow, thank you so much for putting in the tlc message. Been fascinated with peoples faces since childhood. And understanding someone’s intent was life saving growing up in jhb-gp. Still working on achieving the undergraduate degree - just starting really, hence it being great feedback. I’m defo going to need all the luck too, 41yr old with a few more duracell’s left 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🙏🏼
@@MacAlanBrown you can do it! ☺️🤗
I have never had that instinct for reading a person only based on a first impression. I wouldn't say autism is involved, but I either have to totally trust or totally not trust. The only way to protect myself is to totally not trust by default. Then slowly learn to trust as I get to know them. I try not to make any decisions after a first impression because I can't trust it.
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This is wise
and this is why ppl who claim they don't make judgments based on appearance are liars. Everyone does it. It's automatic.
Most people I know who believe in that and try to live by it basically try not to act/react based on their instant first "judgement", and actively try to wait and see. But yeah, we all have that instant judgement
For me, first impression and feelings are very correct most of the time. I can feel if a group of people is right for me or not whenever I enter any place.
Energy frequency
Since we judge in a few seconds, we should let those seconds pass. This will help avoid misjudgments
Hear! HEAR!!!
Unfortunately I don’t think we can help it, it happens in parts of our brain that we do not consciously control. All we can do is second guess those instant judgements.
That's a great point
it can be useful to analyze those judgements
Our subconscious will still influence without us knowing it...unless you've done deep work on it.
So informative ❤thank you for every detail.My best channel and trusted to me DW I love it❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Humans have evolved to make a split decision on whether a stranger is safe or not. I worked that out years ago. My life experience taught me to trust my first impression as it is more reliable than subsequent 'second chances'. Don't knock it - it works. It is nothing to do with social group prejudice . That is a completely different matter.
Professor Kmadge - I too have come to an understanding about the nature of true intelligence: It comes down to knowing how LITTLE you know. That we are all pattern-seeking PRIMATES, a half a chromosome away from being chimpanzees, I suspect you are often more wrong than you KNOW. And you have to admit, that when it comes to people who think they know everything…IT SHOWS!
@@damonmelendez856 - I too have discovered that when I hear a fellow primate use the painful cliche “Scientific Fact”, that they have no idea what they’re talking about.
Lmao. Great way to become a victim of crime with that ideology.
What a great video, I wish more people spent their time watching more educational videos
What a great video. I wish more people spent their time watching more educational videos. I wish people could understand most of youtube is illiterate and highly regulated.
How our brains' judge people in a split second | DW Documentary*
Imagine attempting to educate people on psychology but can't even use English.
@@CrazyGamer-ix3zo better than scrolling through fkin tiktok all day and watching completely mind numbing stuff
Yes but who would you look down your nose at?
Why would it remotely matter to you what people watch - educational or otherwise 🫤
Great Documentary!!!VERY INFORMATIVE
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May be true. And can be used for several aspects. But what this world needs is ’treat others how u want to be treated ’. Compassion, inclusion, friendship instead of exclusion. there are SOOO much under the surface you have No clue about . What
ppl go through can be the surface and they can be an amazing person in their core.
... Captivating documentary
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This is an amazing thing that I've been wondering for a while DW documentary thank you for this video and hope we get to see more videos like this like the misconceptions of nuclear power and stuff like that people should know how we already solve stuff like the nuclear waste storage decades ago and things like that would be something I would love to see and have people to see would be very important for anyone to know.
superb documentary that took one small part of what we think about and extrapolated it to something huge, like this doc
" voice" matters mainly if you speak the same language..Note : the body language is universal.
yeah but also body language is different per culture. i work in a highly multicultural environment and that's one of the first things we have to learn. body language is as varied as language, and that communication can be just as misleading as two people speaking different languages. your pose, hand movement, head movement, where are you looking at, where do you or if you touch, how close are you, all of that are things very different from culture to culture. verbal language is the best way of communication
Awesome documentary! Watching this whole video right now while walking 4.50 miles
It's funny that we are just now trying to understand this from a human perspective. Animals, in particular, dogs, can make these determinations far more accurately even from a distance. They rely on smell, sight, and all their sensory capabilities, including body language and movements of another dog and will make a very accurate assumption almost immediately. We should be looking into dogs to really find out how this works in humans. Food for thought.
@@chriscarrol9373 Wow so let's just enable the hannibals of the world to do as they please huh?
don't give them any more ideas on how to control you
Why use a different species to understand how another species determines things?
Sure, we can look at animal (dogs as you said) studies to learn some things...but not the "how" of humans use information, or determine split section analysis of them.
Using the way an ostrich sees the world doesn't help understand how a hippo views the world 🙄
Study humans to understand humans. Learn about attachment theory, the subconscious, neuroscience, genetics, epigenetics, but don't try to cross over the info of dogs to ascertain how humans sense things!!
This is funny, because I had a dog that was the worst judge of character on the planet.
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i honestly agree every thing on this Documentary . really the best i ve seen so far
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That's why love animals ❤️. They like you with u with out any judgment and stereo type.
I really appreciate this comment.
Lmao. Most animals don't like you. They want nothing to do with you.
they like you because you give them food and attention. you are like a god or parent to them. a wild deer or squirrel would want nothing to do with you
Actually they judge you by their stereotypes. This is the DNA for all animals for the sake of energy saving
My dogs can judge a bad person. It could be due to a different sense other than sight.
This is where I fail to present myself miserably while whoever gets to know me, see that I'm a really nice and caring guy.
7:00 --> What the heck did I just watch? I was not ready for that, straight from a nightmare 😨
Ability of brain is incredible and split a second
It is actually flawed, since it forms a lasting impression of that person in a split second and majority of the time it forms a false picture because we don't get to really know that person.
Brain is the communication with living awareness, it drives who you a, but again as a human being you can tune it to your desire
@@bonapartemaxxing8482 not everything can be 100 percent accurate however these judgments helps us survive the harsh world
@@barry2349 Thousands however are duped by conmen all the time. The truth is sometimes your judgments are proven correct and sometimes proven false.
we also only use 10% of our brains. imagine if we could expand that
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I really appreciate your job. I wish you happiness and peace under the sky of prosperity. All the best.
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Very true,
This documentary answered a lot of my questions.
One of an unique documentary.
Very thank you DW.
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what particular questions did it answer?
A unique*
It is incredible what science can do with technology in these centuries ❤️
Don't judge a man before walking 100km in his shoes.. People are shallow and scared nowadays more and more
That way you would be 100 km away from him and you would have his shoes.
It's a much broader issue than first impressions. Human beings are intricately involved in how they appear to one another, from love to hate, a persons appearance is a conclusive stimulation of everything from rejection, acceptance, sexual attraction and more.
Everything in your life is determined by your appearance, your opportunities, your inclusion or your disenfranchisement.
It's what Fashion is all about including the overt desire to be sexually attractive, 80 billion articles of clothing are sold each year, about 49 billion dollars a year are spent on cosmetics in the USA alone, on top of that the psychology of marketing attempts to make you feel unacceptable if you are not up to date with the latest fashions or involved with make up.
How we appear and how others appear to us is so intrinsic that we never know we are involved in discrimination or full blown acceptance of others or ourselves.
It is what movies are all about, we watch others with a hawk's eye, even babies sit in front of videos of other babies enthralled and will watch intently.
Our societies are based upon how we perceive each other, social ranking and economic success, even pairing up and mating are heavily influenced and for the most part beyond our control.
At this point we don't even know who we are and remain a product which is very significant in that it is very profitable but invariably pitiful.
Well said,Bob,well said
Good information, tnks!!.
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I have heard that human communication is at least 51% non-verbal, meaning facial expressions, tone of voice, gestures,etc.
I have read somewhere its 80% non verbal that's face and body gesture.
i don't trust anyone from the start. have to prove & earn it with me. best way to not getting taken advantage of.
wow you are such a racist, sexist, etc
Excellent documentary
People vibrate, and other people can sense this. If two people don't resonate in the same frequency, they diverge.
DW has the BEST programs!
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that's why I don't trust children as innocent, because you never know how they'll turn out to be as adults 🙂
Thanks for posting
Yes body language and eye contact are very important ways of communicating
highly informative
When you meet someone, you can actually analyze his personality by his face and the way he talked th\t actually a split second analysis.
what a fascinating exploration of how our brains work! I really enjoyed the insights shared. however, I can’t help but feel that relying too heavily on first impressions might limit our understanding of people. sometimes, it seems like we miss out on getting to know someone truly because we let those quick judgments influence us too much. what do you all think?
I foresee researchers in this specialty immediately using their knowledge base to manipulate the public politically and financially. Oh, what a brave new world we weave.
science can be used for good or evil
NOW YOU ARE THINKING,THIS DOCUMENTARY, IT'S A COMPUTER DECLARATION ON OUR BEHAVIOUR. BUT we usually make decision because of our current circumstances. AND NO COMPUTER CAN DO THAT. NO MATTER WHAT YOU PROGRAM IT.
I have a serious issue with certain people mostly over confident cocky people I tend to avoid them
Narcs maybe? I can agree to that!
As a totally blind person, I judge the person based on their personality and how they treat me. I am good at recognizing voices once I hear them one time.
Here because we were given assignment on this documentary
ai and robots can never ever replace the nuances and emotions evoked by humans
Sure because human carry soul and hormones. AI and robot never can be developed enough & I believe that rebellious always be human option. Meaning how deep you learn about something and if it carry enough understanding than become a challenge to find way to against those so called "rule"
I believe A.I will defeat us in all areas.
You feel the need to say it. But a.i can replace most things given enough programming.
Who cares?
Always a good documentary, thank you!
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"Our brains are lazy because we want to minimize our energy level, so we tend to make fast predictions, expectations, impressions, or judgments about something, like places, people," I agree w this from below - more recent 'scientific' reviews suggest we really are not very good at instant impressions or deeper impressions, which includes whether someone is lying or not, even experts are not very good. Almost everything we do filters through our 'perceptions' which say much more about our upbringing, other past information, the stereotypes we have agreed to, etc. If we want more accurate and nuanced Perspective, we have to work for it, and it is hard work. Some good information here, but not all up to date. We are human - like to 'think' we are better at things than we really are - lol - I do like that we are starting to admit to some of our limitations and to consider how we might improve the currently unfair predictable outcomes.
As a person with nerve damage to my face from a car accident, I often get discriminated against. The Botox marketing is OBNOXIOUS!!!
See no compute can figure that out.
Thanks....this was most interesting & insightful. I will always rely on my gut instinct & it has served me pretty well for most of my 55 years being around some very bad people & some very sneaky people. I only have about 2 real important friend's, but some showed their true colours after just a few hours with them.
I personally have more meaningful relationships with the animal's I help & rescue.
I dont trust people who say thing's like 'i hate cats' ( or who ever )& when they hate with a vengeance I think they're dodgy & keep my wits about me when they're around, obviously.
Those words could be mine! 👏😁💐
@@mymore195 Yes - & tbh, those times when I have shut down those immediate impressions in order to ‘give that person a chance’ - I have always been burned. It is unfortunate that we have to teach ourselves & our children to be skeptical of other people.🤷🏽♂
Your experience and your description of how you have navigated other people is almost a 'mini guide' into what I have been trying to do, especially for the last 2 years after I was burned by people really close to me. Thank you 🙏
Each human is just unique and not any sophisticated robot can even imitate a person..
No we are 90per mechanical by nature
Prepare to be surprised
Thank you I have learned allot form This Chanel
My dog stares at me to judge me.
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I`m an almost 70yr. old person, ynd they say "first impression is the morst important", well it is not.
What is the first impression?
@@Jack-gn2yi First impression I get of you is you ain`t watching this program as you ahould....
Agreed.Most people know how to put on a good first impression
Pfft, in less than half a second I distrust everyone
Are there any papers published on this topic, would be a great read.
The title of this video says: "The power of our first impression" which may indicate that this power is a positive trait. However and with some changes in the context of the video, I might call it "The curse of our first impression". Because the same "power” can also be a negative trait "curse". Why? because we tend to judge people by their color, race, ethnicity, religion,...etc which is generally not a good thing; in fact, it is the root cause of racism, sectarianism, tribalism,...etc.
I hope they record Sir David Attenborough & Morgan Freemans voices for future use.
And mine once it's popular
@@true_hero haha! Start narrating..
@@true_hero
Do you sound like a belligerent drunk?🤔🤨😉
Cold 🥶 dude
Impression can be deceiving especially when dealing with people of different cultures, nationalities and race.
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we have our primal instincts to protect us , its only nature
Yet foids keep going for abusive men who are attractive hmmmm intardesting
And people get conned by scammers and conmen. Sometimes you see it, sometimes you get conned.
It's true that we as humans rely on all these body language and facial expressions that they're trying to program into robots, but we also have conscious thinking and time, we might make judgements, but we can also understand when someone clarifies what they meant, and we can learn to recognise and understand people with different mannerisms than ours with time or after getting to know them, etc... We don't just base everything on body language
“Don’t judge the book by its cover”. “Don’t judge and you will not be judged”. Get to know people first before judging them.
what about if a person is behaving rather suspicious or odd and this makes you sense danger. Do you disregard your survival gut instincts and risk the possibility of genuine physical harm in order to remain nonjudgemental?
@@simonmuhamed1071 Autists are acting odd, autism is very common in people that are under 40.
@@flyandshy00 I never mentioned autism did I?
@@simonmuhamed1071 People that will hurt you most of the times act like saints.
They are very good at pretending
@@gingerbreadmangangafarmer2251 most definitely!
Very interesting, alway great improving one’s understanding of others and ourselves, having been misunderstood most of my life, I seem to have a knacks at ruining hopeful relationships, sadly, the volume and sound of one’s voice is as important as one facial expressions, however I’ve never had a problem connecting positively with animals, animals are never deceitful or false, and usually a good judge of people, but animals, like people, when mistreated, have a hard time trusting people, especially men, it interesting to note that the one thing all serial killers had in common, they disliked, mistreated and or were cruel to animals….
A fifty percent divorce rate shows that you can’t judge a face very well.
That speaks more about our society than it does about our capacity to successfully predict personalities
Hahahaha,, it looks quit interesting,, sure, it might be,, and, true about society trends and copmlexes. Good.
I was going to say that so we're are dw getting their info 😂
I mean if you literally base a marriage off of that rather than shared experiences you kind of deserve it
Sanskrit is an eternal Divine language.
Sanskrit narrating the ultimate truth, Satyam jayante!
This is valuable information.
Very interesting how heuristics was never mentioned or did I miss something? Heuristics are mental shortcuts that can cause a person to make a quick decisions based on little information like the little information, person gets from a brief glance at someone’s face or the sound of their voice. Heuristics can also lead to stereotypes and biases and misconceptions. I noticed that this is actually encouraged so it’s not a surprise that people end up being very stereotypical and biased.
I agree their eyes says is all for me
This may work easily on the normal everyday average Joe but it would be interesting to see how all of these *cues* apply when engaging psycopaths, actors, and pathological liars in real life situations.
As a pathological lier it’s how you say it not what you say and a bit of phycology
And politicians. Especially politicians.
Great documentary! Merci Deutsche Welle :)
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I'm constantly told that looks dont matter yet they constantly judge and bully me for my skin disease and then even dare to burn scars on my face on purpose. Yet they are the victims of my anger for some mysterious reason. I dont know who's the psycho here, but definitely not me.
@@Penguin250 It made zero sense what you just said. But hey, why would you know anything. You just described traumatized people then you compared it to uh kindness? Can you even hear how stupid that sounds? I mean what do you even know about human psyche? And how easily you just ignored physical abuse. Now that speeks volumes about what kind of person you are.
@@name5876 why do you have to state your point so rudely?
@@PraveenSrJ01 because she wasnt a random person
Our brain doesn't judge. Our brain adapts to our nurtured mindset that teaches us to judge.
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Very interesting documentary.. I have learned in life 'looks' can be 'deceiving'.. I often have gut feelings, I listen to, more than exactly the way people looks. (true crime, for example).
Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts!
Lovely documentary
Never judge a book by its cover…
You can't judge a book by its cover. But a face is a reflection of personality.
Can i judge FaceBook then?
@@milesdog6548 no
BS..poker face is real..
@@damonmelendez856 yup duhhh..i judge people constantly..mostly for danger:)
Face? What happens if I have Ugly face? . Even good looking people have bad personality.
Personality means mask.
What you see from outside is not reflecting on inside sometimes.
That's why people fall victim of fake love and hurt kidnapping all other stuff.
People need to also that remember that sometimes when something unpleasant is reflected in someone you meet that you don't like about yourself will automatically cause qn uneasiness and conflict within. So in truth is something about you within yourself you dont like and since that individual reflects that same issue you dont care for them at first impression. But actually those can be the same people that can end up being some of your closest and most valued relationships.
Intonation of voices showing the feelings
Thank you for my daily dose of something interesting and intellectually intelligent. Edit: intellectually intriguing 🙂
Intellectually intelligent. 😅
@@Love_N_Let_Live since my stoke I am never sure of the right words... guess I didn't get it right this time.
@@myfabulouslifewithlupus You're fine! Intellectual and intelligent are almost the exact same thing, so it just seemed odd to see them back to back. If you said intellectually intriguing, or something along those lines, it'd sound better and make more sense.
@@Love_N_Let_Live thanks for the clarification. The more you know...🌈🌟🤩lol😂
Thank you for the video
3:45 Guy has a Ph.d. and does Elder Scrolls: Oblivion character creation for a living. Sweet!
Changing voice loud and low frequency is mean enthusiasm. 26:14
I died with “you are quite stupid” 😂 he ain’t playing
very interesting documentary showing insights about human brain behaviours as I pshcology student I really enjoyed I think human brain is biased perhaps we should trust Al to eliminate biased brain helps builds better informed decision about people DWs is the new discovery channel showing a high quality documentaries
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sadly, our first impressions may be absolutely incorrect. it happened to me.
Especially when people expect or stereotype you and then you don’t fit that criteria
Good documentry
Absolutely fascinating!
Wow amazing thanks