How's Your 'FIRST IMPRESSIONS'?

How's Your 'FIRST IMPRESSIONS'?

YES YES yo, this is something I did embrace for the longest time.  NOTHING beats this mantra, trust me.  So How's Your 'FIRST IMPRESSIONS'? HOW did you handle things when you had to defend your thesis dissertation in college?  HOW did you handle those nerve-wracking job interviews?  HOW did you handle it WHEN for the first time in your life, you had to speak in a public engagement with a mammoth audience?  HOW did you handle things WHEN you finally had the gumption to approach the 'girl of your dreams'???

Oh YES, I'm confident I DON'T need to sway and convince you that FIRST IMPRESSIONS are really long-lasting.  Any information about a person, from his/her physical attributes down to one's non-verbal and verbal behavior, and even the environment one inhabits, they all influence IMPRESSIONS and judgments.  And psychologists have repeatedly reaffirmed that FIRST IMPRESSIONS are that long-lasting as it can last for months and affect personal judgments even in the midst of contradictory evidence about the person💥💥💥

Without getting stuck with the technical insights from the psychologists, let's delve more on the surface as the most studied form of IMPRESSION in social cognition are our traits.  People tend to form split-second IMPRESSIONS with regard the others; presumably stable characteristics, such as trustworthiness and even competence.  They do this from others' facial appearances and simple behaviors, as an example, having observed a person taking an elevator up one floor, people may infer laziness❎❎❎

I myself, I always claimed [and I believe I have an above 90% hit rate] that WHEN I come across strangers for the very first time, if that person seems to be on the extremes, e.g. either too meek and nice versus someone WHO seems either ill-intentioned OR evil-like, I can discern that within the first one second.  YES, FIRST IMPRESSIONS are resistant to change.  BUT people will validate things just like that guy taking the elevator one floor up.  If it was a one-off and the remaining days, he takes the stairs, people will safely conclude that elevator thing was a one-off😌😌😌

Our takeaway:  WHEN forming FIRST IMPRESSIONS, we [and that includes moi] typically have to rely on limited and potentially misleading information about others.  BUT looking back my past job interviews WHEN I was still active in the job market, I can safely conclude that I'll credit FIRST IMPRESSIONS for having successfully hurdled those job interviews.  YES, drawing 'big' conclusions from such limited information can lead to poor decisions with broader implications.  Understanding the origins and consequences of FIRST IMPRESSIONS is the first step to addressing biases in those IMPRESSIONS.  Yes dude, HOW'S YOUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS???