The Importance Of First Compressions

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First Impressions: are They Always Correct? What are first impressions? Are first impressions accurate? Have you ever made a first impression of someone and regretted it afterwards? First impression is an impression you make of a person when you meet them for the first time. Therefore, they say that you should never judge a book by its cover, and especially regarding people. You make many first impressions throughout your life, some of the impressions you make can get you your dream job while other first impressions might cause you to offend somebody without you realizing it. First impressions are created by our own thoughts and views, so it rarely truly reflects others. Thus, making a first impression can be affected by either looks, social …show more content…

Hence, it might affect their first impression. We conducted an online survey, that was subjected to Prince Sultan University undergraduates, we gathered a total of 10 responses. All 10 subjects answered yes when we asked if people act differently under stress. First impressions are a subject of interpretation, therefore, they might not be true. As a matter of fact, 90% of the subjects answered yes when we asked if they ever formed a wrong first impression about someone. On the matter of interpretation, your attitude/outlook towards meeting someone might have an affect on your first impression about them. actually, 50% of the subjects answered that they keep a realistic outlook when asked if they keep a positive or a realistic outlook when meeting somebody for the first time. Similarly, when meeting somebody for the first time each individual tends to gravitate towards a certain aspect, some might go for the facial features while others might go for the company a person keeps. However, 60% of the subjects chose the way a person approached them as an answer. Seeing that stress and other emotional states will have an effect on how first impressions are

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