are first impressions always the last impressions

Are first impressions always the last impressions?

A good judgment of a person’s character is very critical to forming opinions. Research suggests that opinions are often based on first impressions and are usually created within two minutes of meeting someone. Impressions lead to opinions and those opinions give base to judgments. Its human nature to form judgments and opinions based on first look or even by other people’s perspectives. Although, it’s imperative that one is not quick to judge, just by the first look. As A.A.Milne quotes “Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them,” it’s only fair that one takes more than just one meeting to form an opinion of someone. First impressions are often unreliable observations of another person’s personality.

In our everyday life, we come across a number of people, who may or may not, end up being our acquaintances. Generally, people tend to befriend those, who, in their opinion are suitable for friendship and are admirable. Often opinions are based on their looks, clothes, and body language etc., in other words their appearance. They say “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” and pretty much every time people end up doing the same. A person’s outer persona can be really deceiving but, what catches our eye first, makes a long lasting impression in our minds. It is very natural to feel comfortable with people, who appear or look good, dressed well, seem to be financially sound. It’s how our mind thinks, we believe what we see. So, opinions based on first impressions might not be entirely wrong, but can be very biased.

Circumstances and situations, at times, play a very important role in a person’s character and behavior. Every person is different. Where some people are very reserved, so...

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.... I would rather form my own judgments on my accord and my knowledge of the person.

Change is good and change helps in progress. George Bernard Shaw quoted “Progress is impossible without change, and those people who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” If we change our thinking we could view the world in a whole new perspective. And it will also change the way we look at people. Everyone should get a fair chance to show people who they really are. Meeting someone for the first time can be anyway very daunting for some people, and giving it such a huge weightage might just shake their confidence further. Millions of books are published every day and if were to read only the ones with a pleasing cover, we would not have been educated. Finally I leave you with this, if everyone deserves a second shot at life so why not a second shot at changing minds.