Continental-Scale Biodiversity Predictions Are Influenced by Climatic Variability and Extreme Weather.

Forming and updating impressions of the social and non‐social environment is crucial for navigating daily life, making decisions and communicating effectively. An impression of a co‐worker as friendly and competent shapes how we engage with them; an impression of a city as disorganized affects how long we stay and what services we trust. Research on impressions (e.g. of a person, object or event) distinguishes two related but distinct processes (Amodio, ). The first is impression : Initial encounters give rise to momentary evaluations and beliefs shaped by immediate experiences and preconceptions. For example, we might have a first impression of a co‐worker as confident and friendly based on their appearance. The second is impression : As more interactions occur, more information will be gathered (Cuddy et al., ; Fiske & Neuberg, ), for example, about the communication style and competencies of the co‐worker. All this new information will be used to either reinforce or alter the first impression. The present work focuses on impression updating: the process by which existing impressions are revised in response to new information. Rather than reflecting a straightforward accumulation of evidence, impression updating depends on how new information is interpreted, represented and integrated with prior beliefs (Moskowitz et al., ; Van Overwalle & Labiouse, ). As a result, impression updating is a dynamic, biased and socially motivated process.