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People-Watching as an Art for Authors – Pt.12 (and Final)

People-Watching as an Art for Authors – Pt.12 Part Twelve: The Principle of Salience and the Other Side of Stereotypy Principle of...

Part Eleven: The Observer – Stereotypes and Cues for the Observer The Observer If the observer is naive, he will rely entirely on his...

Part Nine: Nervous or Symbolic Use of Body Parts, Gestures and Handshake Nervous or Symbolic Use of Body Parts. Body movements often...

Part Eight: Pose and Posture Pose. By definition, pose is a deliberately studied attitude assumed for effect. One “strikes a pose,” that...

Part Six: General Health, Eating Habits and Dress General Health. Observations on the status of a target personality's health are at best...

Part Five: Observing Behavior In any individual, an infinite number of behaviors are observable. When it comes to drawing inferences...

Part Four: Rapport Rapport is “a comfortable and unconstrained relationship of mutual confidence between two or more persons.” At times,...

Part Three: General Personality Traits The natural tendency to interpret and integrate information has the advantage of offering a...

Part Two: First Impressions The observed individual initially will convey an overall impression covering many aspects of his behavior....

As a social being, every man belongs to various groups within which he plays a variety of roles: husband, father, professional, neighbor,...