Week 6 Question 1

I do not think it is possible to perceive others without judging or categorizing them at first. It is human nature that we always judge people by their first impressions. When we see someone for the first time, we are judging them by how they look, how they dress, what they wear and how they present themselves. By doing that, we are already judging them. After that, we start to have thoughts about them such as “I met someone just like him before” or “She is that kind of girl who doesn’t care about what other people say about her”. We categorized them in our mental picture and gave them labels without further understanding. I think the only way to make judgments more accurately and more fair is to get the know the person better by talking to them and listen to what he or she has to say. I met a girl before, I thought she looks tough and mean; therefore, I basically kept my distance with her. Unfortunately, I got stuck with her to do a group project. Because of the group meetings, we started to hang out more. After more talking with her, and listened to what she has to say, I found out she is actually a nice and sweet person. Ever since that class, we became best friend she is at my house right now). We should always keep in mind that first impressions aren’t always correct and it takes a long time to make the right judgment of a person.