In a follow-up to my previous post on how important a negotiator’s tone of voice is (Quick Tip: Hostage Negotiator’s Tone of Voice), I came across this:
How To Make The Perfect First Impression (According To Science)
The tone and tenor of your voice also plays a significant role in determining what kind of first impression you make on others. A Scottish study found that participants overwhelmingly agreed, based on hearing a subject’s voice, on a number of personality judgements, including trustworthiness, aggressiveness, and warmth.
“[Psychologists] have confirmed that people do make snap judgments when they hear someone’s voice,” Drew Rendall, a psychologist at the University of Lethbridge, told Science Mag. “And the judgments are made on very slim evidence.”
