tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573522900628701300.post3546063552871253997..comments2009-04-22T09:45:02.406-04:00Comments on Confessions of a People Watcher: First Impressionsswim guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05860698929037141671noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573522900628701300.post-22963809381547772572009-01-29T09:51:00.000-05:002009-01-29T09:51:00.000-05:00I think that you hit this right on the nose. I kno...I think that you hit this right on the nose. I know that when I walk around campus, I tend to judge people, even when I don't know them. As much as I try not to do this, I think that it is inevitable. I know just yesterday, I was walking across Memorial Mall, and I saw a man wearing shorts, ang I thought to myself "Man, is this guy crazy or what? It's snowing." I'm sure a lot of people would have thought the same thing, but in all reality we have no idea why he was wearing the shorts. I think when we see something that is not normal behavior, something in our brain reacts to it, and we find ourselves judging the other person's behavior.kahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07274273303961170755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573522900628701300.post-70686984882407472462009-01-29T09:42:00.000-05:002009-01-29T09:42:00.000-05:00I completely agree with this. As much as I try not...I completely agree with this. As much as I try not to start judging someone off of a first impression I still find myself doing it a lot. When someone with crazy hair walks by or something, my brain just goes on by itself sometimes and throws them into a stereotype. It's something I try to stop myself from doing and I think that I will find myself in a better place when I do stop. <BR/> I am taking psychology right now and it's very interesting to know how the brain works. Knowing that it is a psychological problem is a good first step to understanding it and then eventually finding a way to fix it.Scooberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03007758791245020485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573522900628701300.post-23551980258713749842009-01-28T14:13:00.000-05:002009-01-28T14:13:00.000-05:00I think everyone knows just how real this issue is...I think everyone knows just how real this issue is. I figured this out first hand back in the days of high school. I rarely had friends in my classes, and not being that outgoing myself, I tended to sit by myself and read or what not before classes started. Because of this people would rarely approach me or even sit near me for that matter. Although I wondered why because the brave few that did talk to me always ended up liking me and being friend with me. I later found out by some of those made friends that I came off as extremely moody, dark, unsociable, and weird. Based on my haircut and minimal use of eyeliner, I was even deemed an emo depsite the fact that my clothing choices and true personality contradicted this immensely. Since then I have tried to be more open, and yet I still fail to make that good friendly first impression because people dismiss quiet as being mean these days. <BR/><BR/>So, having been through the annoyance first hand I have tried to stop judging people harshly on first impressions. Although I now give them more of a chance to contradict their self image, as you stated, I still judge them firstly on looks. Is it wrong? Yes. Can we stop it? As you mentioned, not without a psychological disorder. <BR/><BR/>Excellent entry. I liked it. haha.I'm looking forward to your new ones.Claripethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04343629581813540956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573522900628701300.post-4465645827495175952009-01-27T21:45:00.000-05:002009-01-27T21:45:00.000-05:00You have no idea how true this is, many so many pe...You have no idea how true this is, many so many people around the world will look at a person once and decide whether or not they like them. We all know this is not justified, but we do it anyway. You take the person in the posting picture for example. I know of numerous people, myself included, who would look at this person as they come into a job interview and would immediately discard anything they said from hence point on. Even though this person could be the best fit for the job I would overlook them and choose the next in line. No matter what happens, now or in the future, I believe first impressions will play a very key role in society and how it functionsThe Infamous Skahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397491862697616643noreply@blogger.com