How and why do clinicians classify psychological

Chapter 4: Social Perception How much time does it take to make a decision  This does NOT mean that the first impression is correct. Just that it takes place automatically and often do not change with more time  Known as snap judgement Social Perception  Explores how one comes to conclude o Why are people the way they are o Why do people act the way they do  Thinking about people and their behavior helps us to understand and predict our social world  The study of how we form impressions of and make inferences about other people First Impressions  "Judging a book by its cover" o Easily observable things we can see and hear o Crucial to first impression