11 unexpected things that your appearance gives away
Everyone judges others. Within the first few seconds after meeting a new person, whether on a date or in a store, we make a lot of conclusions about him, including how smart the person seemed to us, and even how capable he is of crime. Surprisingly, our first impression can be very accurate in some cases. In other cases, we are deeply mistaken. Here are eleven characteristics that we evaluate in people based on how they look.
If you are attractive, people think that you have other positive qualities
People can suddenly understand a lot about your personality from a photo
People use facial features that indicate height as a clue to judge your leadership qualities
The structure of your face may indicate to others how aggressive you are
People pay attention to the structure of your face to judge how physically strong you are
If you look "suspicious", there is a greater chance that you will be considered a criminal
Regardless of which database the photo was from, people who were rated as less trustworthy and more dominant were also most often rated as criminals. In the staged photos, actors with an evil expression on their faces were called the most criminal.
How people perceive your face can be a matter of life and death
The researchers then asked a group of participants to look at the photos and rate how trustworthy these faces were, on a scale of one to eight. Among those portraits that the subjects rated as the least trustworthy, there were more people sentenced to death than among those who were considered more trustworthy. In the second part of the experiment, participants looked at photographs of people who had previously been convicted of murder, but then acquitted, usually based on DNA tests. What's scary is that those who were sentenced to death, but later acquitted, were also rated as the least trustworthy.
If you do not take into account cognitive distortions, your appearance can tell about the state of your health. For example, wrinkles may indicate heart problems
Other health problems are visible primarily in the eyes
It's not just the face that tells about you. In men, the length of the fingers is associated with the degree of susceptibility to cancer
Your height can tell you about the risk of certain diseases
Keywords: Appearance | Impressions | Face | Psychology | Facts