Within the first three seconds of a new encounter, people pass judgment on you, even unconsciously. Once the first impression is made, it is virtually irreversible. First impressions are lasting impressions. It is human nature.
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Anyone can change thier first impression made on me the second time around. There have been several people who I thought nothing of at first, who I became attracted to later, and vise versa.
First Impressions are only important to people who can only recognize superficial value.
Unlike what you are taught in business ethic. I believe impressions towards people constantly change the more you get to know them. The way i percieve my best of friends even tends to change. If change is constant in everything why doesnt it apply to the way you percieve people? First impressions are however, very important in establishing a relationship with someone.
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Many variables that contribute to 'liking' someone are decided subconsciously the moment your brain is done processing the stimuli coming from them. The first impression is thus very important, because it creates the social 'category' that you will use to interact with the individual.
This category is not static, it will change with more exposure to the individual (not to mention a host of other things). To answer Urizen more directly, imho, the move from thinking nothing of said individuals to liking them required the exposure and reclassification of that individual.
So, yes, I think first impressions are important, though clearly not definitive. It is easy to think of scenarios where a good first impression may later be changed by experience, or that a bad one can be improved, yet the influence of the initial categorization of the individual will have a radical influence on how any further experience with that individual will be interpreted.
First impressions are reversable. I know because I've become great friends and found great respect for people who initially gave off a shitty first impression.
Like Schecter. When I first met him I thought he was a disgusting deviant with a tiny penis and obnoxiously homosexual...and now....wait, bad example.
I agree with what others have said...first impressions are reversible.
And sometimes, it's the complete opposite. I've met people who gave off a great first impression, but after getting to know them, I realized they were wankers.
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It depends what type of person you are, there are some people who take first impressions as gospel, yet there are those that take them as just that, a first impression, nothing more. I've got a few friends who made quite bad first impressions, yet to even think about those impressions now, would be absolutely stupid.
To use an analogy, it's like hating your kitten forever, for scratching you.
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