https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psychology-of-human-nature--7257557enSocial SciencesCopyright Michel Blackhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/80afdb9c6514a2eb1453a3341382800d.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psychology-of-human-nature--7257557Sat, 14 Nov 2026 05:00:10 +0000Michel BlackMichel Blackfeeds@spreaker.comThe Psychology of Human Nature and Everyday Behavior is a research-driven documentary podcast exploring the hidden psychological forces behind the way people think, feel, remember, choose, connect, and behave. Each episode begins with a familiar human...falseb4b03186-06d9-554f-8b26-1721823b1a05episodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/standing-somewhere-vast-makes-your-problems-feel-smaller--76045040https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76045040Sat, 14 Nov 2026 05:00:02 +0000Michel BlackYou are standing on a cliff, looking out at the sea. Or under a night sky, far from any city. And when you come back, your problems are still there, but they feel smaller. Not gone. Smaller. Michel asks what awe is, why it shrinks the self and expands...482attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-hundred-dollars-feels-different-depending-on-where-it-came-from--76045037https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76045037Fri, 13 Nov 2026 05:00:02 +0000Michel BlackYou have lost a ten-dollar bill, and you buy the theater ticket without a second thought. You have lost a ten-dollar ticket, and you hesitate. The money is the same. The choice is the same. Only the label is different. Michel follows that label into...454attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jealousy-arrives-before-the-evidence--76045033https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76045033Thu, 12 Nov 2026 05:00:02 +0000Michel BlackYour partner is laughing at a text message. You do not know who sent it. You do not know what it says. And before you have thought about it at all, the feeling is already there. Michel follows jealousy from that moment to a forced-choice experiment, a...470attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gorilla-you-walked-right-past--76045022https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76045022Wed, 11 Nov 2026 05:00:02 +0000Michel BlackCount the passes. Thirteen. Fourteen. Fifteen. And a gorilla walks through the middle of the game, thumps its chest, and leaves — and about half of us never see it. Michel follows inattentional blindness and change blindness from the basketball court...455attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alone-in-a-crowded-room--76045016https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76045016Tue, 10 Nov 2026 05:00:02 +0000Michel BlackYou are at a party. The room is full. Music, conversation, laughter. And you feel alone. Michel follows loneliness from its definition — the gap between the relationships you want and the relationships you have — to the cycle it builds, and to the...514attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/everything-takes-longer-than-you-planned-even-when-you-know--76045008https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76045008Mon, 09 Nov 2026 05:00:02 +0000Michel BlackYou look at the clock. It is nine in the morning. The report will take two hours, you are sure of it. Michel follows the planning fallacy from honours theses — where students predicted about thirty-four days and took about fifty-six — to the Sydney...499attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/feeling-someone-s-pain-isn-t-the-same-as-helping-them--76045005https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76045005Sun, 08 Nov 2026 05:00:02 +0000Michel BlackYou see someone crying on a train, a stranger, and for a moment you feel it too. Michel follows empathy and compassion from Batson's Elaine experiment — where people took another person's place under electric shocks even when they could have walked...660attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-same-choice-two-different-answers--76044999https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76044999Sat, 07 Nov 2026 05:00:02 +0000Michel BlackTwo packets of ground beef, identical in every way. One says seventy-five percent lean. The other says twenty-five percent fat. Michel follows the framing effect from a disease expected to kill six hundred people — where the same programmes produced...491attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-past-smells-better-than-it-was--76044992https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76044992Fri, 06 Nov 2026 05:00:02 +0000Michel BlackA song comes on, one you have not heard in years, and suddenly you are seventeen again. Michel follows nostalgia from its invention as a medical diagnosis in 1688 — the pain of wanting to go home, suffered by Swiss mercenaries — to the modern finding...454attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-d-rather-have-nothing-than-an-unfair-split--76044990https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76044990Thu, 05 Nov 2026 05:00:02 +0000Michel BlackSomeone hands you ten dollars and says, split it with the person next to you. If they reject your split, neither of you gets anything. Michel follows the ultimatum game from the laboratory — where people routinely reject offers below twenty percent —...489attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-least-skilled-are-often-the-most-certain--76044985https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76044985Wed, 04 Nov 2026 05:00:02 +0000Michel BlackIn 1995, a man robbed two banks with lemon juice on his face, believing it would make him invisible to the cameras. Michel follows the Dunning-Kruger effect from Kruger and Dunning's 1999 study — where the lowest performers thought they were above...502attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-thing-you-didn-t-do-hurts-more--76044983https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76044983Tue, 03 Nov 2026 05:00:02 +0000Michel BlackThere is a moment you probably still think about. Not the worst thing that ever happened to you. The thing you did not do. Michel follows regret from two stockbrokers who lost the same amount of money — ninety-two percent of people said the one who...521attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-knew-the-group-was-wrong-you-agreed-anyway--76044976https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76044976Mon, 02 Nov 2026 05:00:02 +0000Michel BlackYou are in a meeting. Everyone says the new plan is a good idea. You can see the flaw clearly. But when it is your turn to speak, you say it is a good idea too. Michel follows Solomon Asch's line experiment — where a unanimous group made people deny...512attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ending-rewrites-the-whole-experience--76044972https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76044972Sun, 01 Nov 2026 05:00:02 +0000Michel BlackThink of the last holiday you loved. You probably remember one afternoon and the last day. Michel follows the peak-end rule from a cold-water experiment — where most people chose the longer, more painful trial because it ended slightly better — to a...511attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/being-left-out-stings-like-a-bruise--76044969https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76044969Sat, 31 Oct 2026 05:00:03 +0000Michel BlackYou send a message to the group chat. It is read. Nobody replies. Michel follows ostracism from a simple ball-tossing game called Cyberball — where being left out threatens belonging, self-esteem, control and meaningful existence — to the brain's pain...557attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-first-number-you-heard-is-still-deciding-for-you--76044963https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76044963Fri, 30 Oct 2026 05:00:04 +0000Michel BlackA jacket marked down from four hundred dollars to one hundred and twenty feels like a bargain, even though you never wanted the jacket. Michel follows the anchoring effect from a rigged wheel of fortune — ten versus sixty-five moved estimates about...505attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/guilt-wants-to-fix-it-shame-wants-to-hide--76044956https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76044956Thu, 29 Oct 2026 05:00:03 +0000Michel BlackThe same mistake, two different evenings. In one, you apologise and fix it. In the other, you hide for a week. Michel follows the difference between guilt and shame through the research of June Tangney — guilt says I did something bad, shame says I am...574attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-room-wasn-t-watching-you--76044949https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76044949Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:01:11 +0000Michel BlackYou spill coffee down your shirt and you are certain the whole room saw it. Michel follows the spotlight effect from a Cornell experiment — students in an embarrassing Barry Manilow T-shirt guessed half the room noticed, when only about a quarter did...511attention,attraction,behavioral science,cognitive biases,cognitive psychology,cognitive science,decision making,emotions,human behavior,human nature,human relationships,identity,memory,motivation,psychology,relationships,social behavior,social psychology,social sciences,trustfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/your-hand-reaches-for-the-phone-before-you-decide-to-check-it--75798179Nothing important is there.
You put it down.
A few minutes later, you pick it up again.
Sometimes there was no notification. Sometimes you were not even bored. Your hand simply moved before you consciously decided that you wanted anything.
This episode explores the psychology of habitual smartphone checking: how repeated behaviors become tied to cues, why notifications can interrupt attention even when we do not respond to them, and why frequent checking should not automatically be labeled addiction.
Most importantly, we look at a more useful way to regain control: not by fighting your phone with willpower all day, but by changing the conditions that keep inviting the habit to begin.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75798179Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:25:01 +0000Michel BlackYou unlock your phone. Nothing important is there. You put it down. A few minutes later, you pick it up again. Sometimes there was no notification. Sometimes you were not even bored. Your hand simply moved before you consciously decided that you...Nothing important is there.
You put it down.
A few minutes later, you pick it up again.
Sometimes there was no notification. Sometimes you were not even bored. Your hand simply moved before you consciously decided that you wanted anything.
This episode explores the psychology of habitual smartphone checking: how repeated behaviors become tied to cues, why notifications can interrupt attention even when we do not respond to them, and why frequent checking should not automatically be labeled addiction.
Most importantly, we look at a more useful way to regain control: not by fighting your phone with willpower all day, but by changing the conditions that keep inviting the habit to begin.
]]>400attention,automatic,behavior,behavioral,checking,cognitive,digital,distraction,documentary,habits,human,nature,notifications,phone,podcast,psychology,science,smartphonefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-more-you-push-someone-the-more-they-may-want-to-resist--75798095A parent says, “You have to do this.” A partner says, “You need to change.” A manager says, “There is no discussion.” Even when the advice is reasonable, something inside us can immediately push back.
This episode explores psychological reactance: the motivational response that can appear when people feel their freedom to choose is being restricted. We examine why controlling language can make good advice less persuasive, why some people are more reactant than others, and how preserving autonomy can sometimes make change more likely.
The lesson is not to avoid influence. It is to understand that humans do not only evaluate what you are asking them to do. They also evaluate whether they still feel free to choose.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75798095Sun, 18 Oct 2026 01:15:02 +0000Michel BlackSometimes the fastest way to make someone resist an idea is to push it too hard. A parent says, “You have to do this.” A partner says, “You need to change.” A manager says, “There is no discussion.” Even when the advice is reasonable, something inside...A parent says, “You have to do this.” A partner says, “You need to change.” A manager says, “There is no discussion.” Even when the advice is reasonable, something inside us can immediately push back.
This episode explores psychological reactance: the motivational response that can appear when people feel their freedom to choose is being restricted. We examine why controlling language can make good advice less persuasive, why some people are more reactant than others, and how preserving autonomy can sometimes make change more likely.
The lesson is not to avoid influence. It is to understand that humans do not only evaluate what you are asking them to do. They also evaluate whether they still feel free to choose.
]]>594autonomy,behavior,behavioral,communication,decision,human,making,nature,parenting,persuasion,podcast,psychological,psychology,reactance,relationships,resistance,science,social,to,workplacefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-can-remember-it-clearly-and-still-be-wrong--75271595You can see the room. You remember the words. You know where someone was standing. You may even be willing to argue that it happened exactly that way.
But confidence and accuracy are not identical.
In this episode, we explore how memories are reconstructed, how information encountered after an event can influence later recollection, why repeated remembering can change what feels familiar, and why a vivid memory should not automatically be treated as a perfect record of the past.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75271595Mon, 21 Sep 2026 02:47:42 +0000Michel BlackSometimes a memory does not feel uncertain at all. You can see the room. You remember the words. You know where someone was standing. You may even be willing to argue that it happened exactly that way. But confidence and accuracy are not identical. In...You can see the room. You remember the words. You know where someone was standing. You may even be willing to argue that it happened exactly that way.
But confidence and accuracy are not identical.
In this episode, we explore how memories are reconstructed, how information encountered after an event can influence later recollection, why repeated remembering can change what feels familiar, and why a vivid memory should not automatically be treated as a perfect record of the past.
]]>659accuracy,autobiographical,behavior,behavioral,cognitive,confidence,documentary,effect,eyewitness,false,human,memory,misinformation,one,podcast,psychology,science,voicefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/apology-self-protection-and-the-psychology-of-taking-responsibility--75086458You can see the room. You remember the words. You know where someone was standing. You may even be willing to argue that it happened exactly that way.
But confidence and accuracy are not identical.
In this episode, we explore how memories are reconstructed, how information encountered after an event can influence later recollection, why repeated remembering can change what feels familiar, and why a vivid memory should not automatically be treated as a perfect record of the past.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75086458Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:18:46 +0000Michel BlackSometimes a memory does not feel uncertain at all. You can see the room. You remember the words. You know where someone was standing. You may even be willing to argue that it happened exactly that way. But confidence and accuracy are not identical. In...You can see the room. You remember the words. You know where someone was standing. You may even be willing to argue that it happened exactly that way.
But confidence and accuracy are not identical.
In this episode, we explore how memories are reconstructed, how information encountered after an event can influence later recollection, why repeated remembering can change what feels familiar, and why a vivid memory should not automatically be treated as a perfect record of the past.
]]>665accuracy,autobiographical,behavior,behavioral,cognitive,confidence,documentary,effect,eyewitness,false,human,memory,misinformation,one,podcast,psychology,science,voicefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sometimes-we-stay-because-leaving-would-make-the-past-feel-wasted--73848050This episode explores the sunk cost effect, the tendency for past investments of time, money, or effort to influence decisions that should ideally depend on what happens next. We look at why people continue with failing plans, relationships, purchases, and projects, and why quitting can feel like admitting that everything before it was wasted.
Sometimes the question is not whether the past mattered. It is whether the past should be allowed to decide the future.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73848050Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:49:31 +0000Michel BlackYou have already invested the money. The years are gone. The effort cannot be recovered. And yet those very losses can make walking away feel almost impossible. This episode explores the sunk cost effect, the tendency for past investments of time,...This episode explores the sunk cost effect, the tendency for past investments of time, money, or effort to influence decisions that should ideally depend on what happens next. We look at why people continue with failing plans, relationships, purchases, and projects, and why quitting can feel like admitting that everything before it was wasted.
Sometimes the question is not whether the past mattered. It is whether the past should be allowed to decide the future.
]]>429aversion,behavior,behavioral,bias,cognitive,cost,decision,documentary,effect,fallacy,human,loss,making,nature,one,persistence,podcast,psychology,science,sunkfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-is-always-someone-doing-better--73847867Today, we can compare our homes with millionaires, our bodies with professional athletes, and our careers with the most successful people our age in a matter of minutes.
This episode explores how social media can amplify upward comparison, why envy sometimes contains useful information, why the comparison target keeps moving, and what happens when visible achievements become the scoreboard for an entire life.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73847867Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:44:13 +0000Michel BlackHumans have always compared themselves with other people. What changed is the size of the crowd. Today, we can compare our homes with millionaires, our bodies with professional athletes, and our careers with the most successful people our age in a...Today, we can compare our homes with millionaires, our bodies with professional athletes, and our careers with the most successful people our age in a matter of minutes.
This episode explores how social media can amplify upward comparison, why envy sometimes contains useful information, why the comparison target keeps moving, and what happens when visible achievements become the scoreboard for an entire life.
]]>442behavior,behavioral,comparison,documentary,envy,esteem,evaluation,human,media,nature,podcast,psychology,science,self,social,upwardfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/someone-else-s-life-can-make-ours-feel-smaller--73847785A friend earns more. A former classmate buys a house. Someone your age seems more successful. Suddenly, nothing about your own life has changed, yet it feels different.
This episode explores why humans use other people as reference points, how upward and downward comparison shape self evaluation, and why the same comparison can motivate one person while making another feel inadequate.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73847785Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:40:37 +0000Michel BlackYou can feel perfectly satisfied with your life until you see someone else doing better. A friend earns more. A former classmate buys a house. Someone your age seems more successful. Suddenly, nothing about your own life has changed, yet it feels...A friend earns more. A former classmate buys a house. Someone your age seems more successful. Suddenly, nothing about your own life has changed, yet it feels different.
This episode explores why humans use other people as reference points, how upward and downward comparison shape self evaluation, and why the same comparison can motivate one person while making another feel inadequate.
]]>360behavior,behavioral,comparison,documentary,downward,evaluation,human,nature,podcast,psychology,science,self,social,upwardfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/familiar-things-begin-to-feel-like-they-belong--73833278This episode explores the psychology of familiarity and the mere exposure effect, the well-established tendency for repeated exposure to sometimes increase liking. We examine why familiar faces, sounds, places, and ideas can begin to feel more comfortable, why repetition does not work indefinitely, and why familiarity should never be confused with truth, quality, or trustworthiness.
Some of the things we love may have won us over not because they changed, but because they slowly stopped feeling unfamiliar.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73833278Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:41:08 +0000Michel BlackA song sounds ordinary the first time you hear it. A few weeks later, you know the rhythm. Then one day, without quite knowing when it happened, you realize you like it. This episode explores the psychology of familiarity and the mere exposure effect,...This episode explores the psychology of familiarity and the mere exposure effect, the well-established tendency for repeated exposure to sometimes increase liking. We examine why familiar faces, sounds, places, and ideas can begin to feel more comfortable, why repetition does not work indefinitely, and why familiarity should never be confused with truth, quality, or trustworthiness.
Some of the things we love may have won us over not because they changed, but because they slowly stopped feeling unfamiliar.
]]>992attraction,behavior,behavioral,cognitive,decision,documentary,effect,exposure,familiarity,formation,human,making,mere,nature,podcast,preference,psychology,repetition,science,socialfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mind-prefers-a-story-that-already-fits--73832863This episode explores confirmation bias, the human tendency to search for, notice, interpret, or weigh information in ways that can support what we already believe. We examine why prior beliefs influence what information we seek, why contradictory evidence can receive less attention, and why simply knowing that biases exist does not automatically make us immune to them.
The uncomfortable truth is that being intelligent does not prevent us from seeing what we expected to see.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73832863Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:31:10 +0000Michel BlackYou believe a coworker dislikes you. One morning, they walk past without saying hello. You notice immediately. Later that day, they smile, ask how you are doing, and offer to help with something. Somehow, that evidence feels less important. This...This episode explores confirmation bias, the human tendency to search for, notice, interpret, or weigh information in ways that can support what we already believe. We examine why prior beliefs influence what information we seek, why contradictory evidence can receive less attention, and why simply knowing that biases exist does not automatically make us immune to them.
The uncomfortable truth is that being intelligent does not prevent us from seeing what we expected to see.
]]>931behavior,behavioral,belief,bias,cognitive,confirmation,critical,decision,documentary,exposure,formation,human,making,nature,podcast,psychology,science,selective,social,thinkingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/before-we-know-someone-we-have-already-decided-who-they-are--73832581This episode explores how quickly first impressions can form, why appearance, expression, context, and early information can influence the way we judge strangers, and why later evidence does not always erase an initial impression as easily as we might expect.
First impressions can be useful shortcuts. The problem begins when a quick guess quietly turns into certainty.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73832581Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:21:12 +0000Michel BlackYou meet someone for the first time. Before you know what they believe, how they treat their friends, or what they are like on a difficult day, your mind has already begun building a picture of them. This episode explores how quickly first impressions...This episode explores how quickly first impressions can form, why appearance, expression, context, and early information can influence the way we judge strangers, and why later evidence does not always erase an initial impression as easily as we might expect.
First impressions can be useful shortcuts. The problem begins when a quick guess quietly turns into certainty.
]]>727behavior,behavioral,bias,cognition,cognitive,effect,first,formation,halo,human,impression,impressions,nature,perception,person,podcast,psychology,science,social,trustworthinessfalsefull