It is possible that for the most of us, when we first meet someone, we get caught up in what is called the halo effect or also known as the attractiveness stereotype -- in which we have a biased overall impression of the person because we saw one character trait that stood out to as that is deemed as a great trait. This one good thing, will impair the rest of our judgement on the person and we fail to judge them on their bad qualities because we are more likely to block those out due to the good trait we originally saw.
Are you following me here? Sometimes i feel like i don't make sense...
Well in terms on the attractiveness stereotype, we can see this happening when you meet someone who is attractive. You can't deny it, but you would more likely try and find good qualities in someone who looks good due to their good looks. Such as a guy who is attractive, it'll be easier for you to pick out good qualities in that person than it would be to pick out the bad. Oh he's a good looking guy, he's also very nice, and he's smart. Whereas a guy who you don't see as attractive, doesn't has a great of a chance of you picking up his good traits due to the fact that you aren't attractive to him. This guy, who isn't good looking would more likely have negative traits to come up; such as, he's nice but...blah blah. You know the gist of it, how it works. We are all a little shallow by nature. It's hard to admit, but lets be honest with ourselves here -- you can't start something up with someone that you just aren't simply attracted to.
So, i suppose the halo effect is rather self explanatory at this point. I can see it occurring in many situations, and i'm sure a lot of us has been caught in it. It isn't always just off the bat with looks. I mean, a girl who is a solid ten can open her mouth and sound completely uneducated and she'll her points will probably drop as she keeps talking. In this case, instead of being able to pick out good traits, you only see bad and from there it's hard to really pick out positive characteristics of the girl.
There's times when people are in relationships with people and they are "blinded by love", as a lot of people would like to call it. I'd like to think of it as a branch off from the halo effect. In which, one sees so much good in the person that they're with, that they either can't or refuse to see the bad in the person.
We're all a little judgmental, whether we'd like to believe it or not. We have biased views on people, and first impressions are impactful to determine the future of a newfound relationship, whether it's as friends, coworkers, or lovers. The halo effect itself is an interesting phenomenon -- i guess, if you even want to call it that.
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04/21/14: So, i just read over this and realized i made so many typos with spelling and grammar. How embarrassing. I'm too lazy to go through it and fix all my mistakes. I apologize. :(
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04/21/14: So, i just read over this and realized i made so many typos with spelling and grammar. How embarrassing. I'm too lazy to go through it and fix all my mistakes. I apologize. :(
