Question

The tendency to form a favorable or unfavorable impression of someone at the first meeting is called the ________.

Answer 1

Halo effect. Halo effect (the effect of first impression) is phenomenon in social psychology which is based on assumption that complete impression of some person about other person can be based on insufficient information or even on only one information. ("Do not judge the book by it's cover").

Answer 2

Answer:

Halo effect.

Explanation:

First, let us fill in the gap;

The tendency to form a favorable or unfavorable impression of someone at the first meeting is called the HALO EFFECT.

It was in the year 1920 that Edwin Thorndike, a Psychologist came up with the term HALO EFFECT. Halo effect is a kind of effect that makes us to have either bad or good impression about others. The way we judge people based on their appearance, handsome men and beautiful women getting more attractions and so on are called the Halo effect. This effect occurs in all human beings, and that is because we have all got minds.