Whenever we meet new people, our brain automatically and immediately begins to categorize them in some way – male or female, same or different, friend or foe.
We make judgements about people in the first few seconds of meeting them. We are always evaluating others just as they are evaluating us.
This judgement is based on body language, clothing, posture, stance, eye contact, facial expressions, hand gestures and tone of voice.
Biases that influence our judgements are: