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The tendency to let an overall impression influence judgments about specific traits.
Influences hiring decisions, performance reviews, and explains why celebrities think they're experts on everything.
The halo effect is so strong that attractive defendants get lighter sentences in court, and tall people are more likely to become CEOs.
"The only thing more predictable than human irrationality is humans' surprise at being irrational."