does first impression define what a person really are?

Question

People often rely on first impression in making friend. They follow their perception relying on what the eyes catch. Does it always right?Does perception defines what a person really are?

Answer 1

First impression does not define what a person really is... but it implies who the person making the impression. In other words, one who defines another defines the other on the basis of certain criterias or parameters and basis of this (implicitly) is himself.

Answer 2

I think it's true. People often rely on the first impression in making friends or other relations. That impression will remain or it will be replaced by something better or wurst. It depends on how open you are to understand the person next to you. In time that first perception will appear like a dream, if not a nightmare. Personally, I think it takes time to really get to know someone.

Answer 3

First impressions aside, the real bugger here is perception. As soon as you meet someone, most people begin making assumptions about that person. Which may or may not have anything to do with reality.
Understand perception and impressions only exist in your mind, as to say, not at all. If you put on rose colored glasses, would the world be rose colored or your perception of light?

Answer 4

No! A lot of people are shy and don't even talk when they first meet you so what kind of impression would you have about somebody who never spoke to you? Some really nice people could have a bad day. There are a lot of scenarios that could make a person behave in a way that he/she doesn't usually. Don't rely on first impressions, good or bad. It's not fair to the person you're meeting and it's not fair to you.

Answer 5

It's not always right to fully judge a person on the basis of first impression. But I believe that first impression does give you a fair bit of hint about the person.

You should also remember how capable you yourself are in judging people with your perceptions or intuition. Some people are very intuitive but some are not. So it's not easy to generalise.

Answer 6

First impressions are a terrible way to judge a person.
As a shy individual, I make a wholly unremarkable first impression, though I am an articulate, interesting, well-read person.
My best friends have been people who I hardly noticed the first time I met them.
Although imortant for such things as job interviews, I think first impressions should be suspended until you've spent more time getting to know a person. First impressions are almost wholly unreliable.

Answer 7

they say that the first impression is the last impression. however, experience has taught me otherwise.

people always tend to behave in a polite and good manner when they first meet each other. with time, their real personality unravels. when we see how they react to different situations, we come to know about their true self.

example, when a new teacher started teaching my class, she was initially very cooperative and sweet. but as time progressed, all of us classmates realized that she was actually very rude..!

the first impression is therefore, seldom the last impression.

Answer 8

first impression should not be your starting line in making friends. "some" people think that you are like this or like that because of their impression. sometimes, we get hurt over this. but as time goes by, i've learned that first impressions are somehow true. it shows our "other side". like people thought that i'm snob which is not true. not true for my friends, people i get along with but true for those i just met. i don't talk to them if they don't make the first move.

it's not right to judge the book by it's cover but we are the one who's giving that "impression" to other people.

we can change that impression by the way.

Answer 9

ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! It does create a lasting impression but it definitely doesn't define who a person really is. To find out who a person is takes time. Who a person is is determined by how he/she handles his/her self under certain circumstances - when under pressure at work, when under pressure from peers, when happy, when sad, when angry.

It is one saying that I find TRULY IRRITATING and so UNFAIR.

I agree that it is important though, but not in the way that it is generally used.

Answer 10

first impression is not based on looks alone, you have to hear the guy talk observe his manners and common sense if he has them in the right places. only then can you qualify your first impression.