Past studies have used a limited number of conditions categorized as concordant or discordant based on an overall impression of similar, or not, management, formed by context experts, researchers, and clinical practice [ 7, 16].
I think that's a combination of rare empathy and also just youth — part of growing up is realizing that it is O.K. if some people think poorly of you, based on a superficial impression.
In other words, when we think that we are making rational political judgments, we could be, in fact, judging someone at least partly based on a fleeting impression of his or her face.
The perceived benefit after the treatment is based on a wrong impression; even the weight lost is not real, it merely corresponds to the contents of the colon which fills up again in a matter of hours – true body weight loss does not occur.
That security disaster was only possible, Paller says, because military officials assumed it would be safe to send the video signal unencrypted, based on a false impression of the insurgents as lacking the technological abilities to access it.
Have you ever had people write you off based on a first impression?
Since subjects needed to respond within 2.5 sec, they had to decide based on a visual impression of the darkness of the white and yellow squares, rather than explicitly counting the numbers of black patches and dividing them by the numbers of patches filled at each step.
The rating of muscle atrophy was, however, partially based on a visual impression of back muscle density, without specification of muscle mass.
Confirmation bias can also explain the "golden child" phenomenon: when an employee enjoys years of success based on an initial positive impression.
It is not just based on a single clinical impression gained during consultation.
