Thursday, September 15, 2011

To G10 sections 02, 06 & 10



There will be a quiz on our unit 1, First Impressions vocabulary on Sunday. The words were posted here on Monday. I will also ask you to summarize the paragraph below which was taken from the article The First Impression found in Psychology Today magazine at this link
By the time we flash that return grin, our Polaroid shutter will have already closed. Just three seconds are sufficient to make a conclusion about fresh acquaintances. Nalini Ambady, professor of psychology at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, studies first impressions carved from brief exposure to another person's behavior, what she calls "thin slices" of experience. She says humans have developed the ability to quickly decide whether a new person will hurt or enrich us—judgments that had lifesaving ramifications in an earlier era.

You will be asked to summarize the paragraph in no more than two sentences. If you have any questions please post them in the comments section of the blog here, or ask them in class. God willing see you there.

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