2007-10-04 16:56:01 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Everyone does to some degree. The trick is not letting your judgements change how you treat someone until you know you are right. For example, let's sayI met someone named Anna, and I got the impression that she was stuckup. If I treat her like I know she's stuck up, she may react unpleasantly to me, proving my suspicions. However, if I treat her with respect, and she acts nicely, I might just guess that she is shy.
Prejudging people is not a bad thing. It allows you to sum up a potentially dangerous situation in a short amount of time, (like a man coming out from an alley toward you. Is he going to harm you? Or is he lost?). But the problem occurs when people are unwilling or unable to change their judgement based on later interactions with the person.
2007-10-04 17:18:32 · answer #1 · answered by Angeliss 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One has no choice. But they can choose which impulses they act upon, and which thoughts they choose to entertain. You can discipline yourself in this way to truly judge them, as though in action, rather than judging them automatically by the thought. If you were mauled by a dog, obviously dogs will be judged on harsher criteria than they otherwise would've been. Everyone has these types of experiences with people and negative experiences will receive a bad rap. So do your best to try to understand who you're dealing with first, and then do the judging based on what they are in thought and action, rather than appearance. Although in many cases, appearance, thought, and action do correlate.
2007-10-05 16:31:33 · answer #2 · answered by Answerer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny you should ask this.
There was a survey in one of those science magazines and they said that babies who are two weeks old judge faces, yes, judge faces and respond positively to the pleasant, (pretty) faces and cry at the unpleasant, (ugly) ones.
So, to answer your question, yes I judge as everyone else does, except I have been taught to think when I judge, think only nice things. I like his nose. I think she has smiling eyes. He has a nice smile. She has a sweet smile.
Crickette.
2007-10-05 00:04:58 · answer #3 · answered by Crickette 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We all have an automatic (generally emotional) response to any other we come in contact with, based on our past interactions with that person or other persons whom we place in a similar category.
The trick for mature interactions is first to recognize that automatic, almost instinctual, response for what it is, and second, to decide how much we will let that auto-pilot control our response and our relationship.
2007-10-05 00:10:27 · answer #4 · answered by PopperDave 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I believe we all do..But of course I immediately take back my judgment for the benefit of the doubt and knowing that I can not just simple judge from appearance.
2007-10-05 02:41:08 · answer #5 · answered by ettezuor 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-10-04 23:59:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
im not sure if judging and first impressions are quite the same thing but perhaps they are. i do often get first impressions of people i notice. some i do, some i dont
2007-10-05 00:03:22 · answer #7 · answered by AlwaysWondering 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
EVERYONE who is alive and with an average (or better) IQ does without exception.
It is a survival instinct that is within us all. Many animals do it as well.
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2007-10-06 02:01:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We all do to a point until we can check the person out and see if they are for real.
2007-10-05 00:05:23 · answer #9 · answered by warriorbabe 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well it depends on the person but yes sometimes i do
2007-10-04 23:59:21 · answer #10 · answered by soccer hotty 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋