8 Tips on Reading People

Learning to read people can give us a upper advantage. Reading people protects us from being lied to, or prey on. In the animal world, it's a survival of the fittest. Always trust your gut.

Just like our previous video on how to tell if someone is lying, this video goes into how to use our senses to make better judgement.

Script: Paul-Daniel Torres
Voice Over: Jim Monteforte
Animation: Grace Cárdenas Cano

Feedback Editor: Risha Maes
Project Manager: Erin Bogo
Producer: Psych2Go

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[dulcerubio]

"...because first impressions are often accurate."
A few seconds later
"Some people, the first time you meet them, put up a false persona or try to manipulate your perception of them."

[ContinualImprovement]

I need this because I can't read.

[BeintheEpicArmy]

I'm good at reading people but empathy always sets me back lmao

[DystopianOverture]

I have to put up a fake persona, to hide the depression and fatigue of chronic illness. so am liar? Because if I show it all, people around me think I'm depressing and negative.

[omarriyazm]

1.Gut feelings, believe in yourself
2. speach & behavior mimicry
3. Should be Empathy
4. Notice there Appearance
5. Body language like there positions & actions
6. Facial expressions
7. Objectivity
8. Patience just wait & let them speak

[Variane-zglr]

“Tired eyes, books... He is a student”
*_I have never felt so offended by something I 100% agree with_*

[tajakjejtam]

Point 2: I mimic others on purpose cause it's known way to make people trust you. So it's not always good thing to think that the other person is sincere with you because she acts like you.

[akasha]

How about this as a topic, How to read body language to know if someone's interested in you?

[catsmaster]

Here is another tip.


If a person tells some thing good about you.


Pay attention.


They are telling what they feel about themselves without even them knowing.

This works if they are being honest about what they feel about you.

For example,

I love my Friend's faith for me.

And I think I am faithful too.

I don't know if that example explained anything. Sorry about that but this works.

Another tip.

If a person is angry, pay attention.
Anger is an outburst of emotions and can reveal you some hidden feelings they have in them.

Maybe about you, or someone else.

Idk if I was any help.

[justthatfan]

I'm great at reading people!! I have an excellent gaydar

[vallejowendyl.]

Can you make a video about why friendship can't last longer

[Mar-mxzi]

I remember I was talking to my friends about stuff, then the topic switched into a girl (another friend). I didn't know her very well, we never talked about private things. But since we were talking about her, I used my memories of her and analyzed her face, the way she talked, then my gut instinct told me what it thought. So I told my friends: "I think she has a problem. She's sad, she fakes, she's not completely herself". Then they were like: "but she's always happy". Then I said: "I can read ppl pretty well and I am telling u she has a problem". Then they said: "yeah right, can u tell what I am thinking right now?". I got quite mad, cuz they didn't believe me and they didn't understand what reading someone is, then telling me to read them -_-. I tried explaining them what reading really is, it's about discovering how someone is and feels, not reading ur thoughts. Didn't work. So a few months later, something happened and I really bonded with this girl. We talked about ourselves. Turns out, I was right about her. She is sad, because she is an empathetic person, so she feels everyone's emotion and it makes her tired and sad ppl feel depressed/angry so she fakes sometimes and isn't herself. She's complex. Though when I found out I was right I was like "HOLLY SHIT, I WAS RIGHT!!!! MY SKILLS R SUGOI!!! THATS RIGHT FRIENDS, I CAN READ PPL SO STOP LAUGHING AT ME". I really wanted to share this story, I don't want to be like a special snowflake, I just wanted to share

[pita]

Is it just me or most empathetic people are ambiverts?

[jamilsfootstool]

I used to empathise with people a lot and was genuinely well liked by others because of my caring nature but after my 12th birthday, I just changed. I stopped talking to many people and couldn't care less when people talk about their problems to me. I grew more lonely despite hanging out with people. I still act like the old me just to convince others that I'm fine but after watching this, I'm starting to wonder if anyone saw through my facade.

[Tidepod_Prince]

Most introverts are hawks at spotting fakers, I can track your body language perfectly and guess your emotions. I get those from my parents since they always know when somebody is lying. The best part is that I can completely obliterate that mask and create my own at the same time.

[daisygrantt]

I've been a hairstylist for 27 years and I can judge someone before they even sit down in my chair, ...if they're gonna give me a hard time....if they're gonna tip me....what kind of cut they want ....if they're gonna like they're hair....if they're gonna come back to never been wrong. I know that sounds so mean but I've never been wrong.

[rks]

I feel like for their intro they picked the 4 weirdest sounds on the editing software, played them next to each-other, and then just rolled with it.

[xxsasunaruyaoixx]

I'm fake to everyone apart from people I'm close with

[icecranberry]

The thing abuout reading people is you have to be aware of micro expressions. An expression that lasts only for a second but says a lot about their real feelings towards you or any other situation.

[frostwisp]

I really like the art style and narrator for this video ^^