My Initial Hypothesis In a restroom, in a church or anywhere else in the world you will judge a person by their appearance whether it be negative or positive, you cannot help it, it just happens whether you like it or not. For an example, when you are walking down the street and you see someone wearing ripped up clothes and bad hygiene then you automatically assume negative things such as beggar, homeless or even possibly a drug abuser. Being judged can go a different way also, you can think of someone as a rich, snobby individual because they are wearing very nice clothes and act a certain way but in all actuality, they could be a wonderful person. A more serious case of people judging other people that I have noticed is that most people …show more content…
Simon explains why. “It is getting a kick out of making negative moral assessments of other people, it is enhancing your own sense of moral worth by comparisons with the (supposed) lesser moral status of others, it is finding satisfaction in seeing others fail because it shows you are better than they are. People who tend to feel morally inferior feel relief when they see others fail; by comparison that they are not so bad after all. People who lack appreciation of their own potential for moral failure enjoy having their false sense of moral superiority reinforced. Those who are judgmental are invested in one-up-man ship (Simon, 2012).” Being judgmental misrepresents our perception of others, ourselves and of what is truly important in our short sweet lives. Judgmental-ness feeds on and provokes a lack of understanding for others. Being judgmental is often linked with other related character flaws such as hypocrisy, self-righteousness, hatefulness, insensitivity, and the enjoyment of destructive …show more content…
Sometimes these gut feelings about another person are sensible: “She looks friendly. I’ll ask her for directions.” Other times, though, those feelings can be riddled with unsupported assumptions, biases, and stereotypes that tarnish our behaviors, interactions, and decisions: “He looks honest. I’ll invest with him.” Our parents may have taught us not to judge a book by its cover. But even if the cover doesn’t always tell the truth, the title printed on the cover might. (Rule, 2005).” In this study, it helps explain that judging can be subconscious, we may not know that we are doing it but we are judging. For an example, let’s say that you are interviewing someone for a job in your lab. After getting rid of the applicants who do not have any of the right skills or experience, you find yourself left with a few of the applicants who are all equally qualified for the job. When making the final decision, you decide to ask each applicant some questions by making inferences about each person’s work ethic, by reading between the lines in their letters of recommendation, and last but not least by comparing numbers like their grade-point averages or their standardized test scores. Then you discover that the candidate seated across the desk in your office shares your love of dogs that you do, that she also used to spend her summers in Vermont or that her brother
I believe what drives our judgement is the way people think of others. Today in this world, people are close minded and not open to new ideas. Society’s think that people who grew up from the bad side of town, they will get nowhere in life. We judge people for the way they look, what they wear, where they 're from, where they live, etc. We judge out of our own fears and insecurities. We must treat people the way the want to be treated, not by how you think they should be treated. When we judge someone, do we really know what goes on in their life. Also, still discriminate others to this day, such as, we still judge people based on their race. We have to treat people with equal rights no matter what race or ethnicity they are. We have qualities
inferences and judgements about people and sometimes forget that it is our own viewpoint that
People judge other people because of their social class.For example, in page 29 of the book “The Watsons Go To Birmingham”,Kenny Watson explained that whenever somebody new started their school the ,students would take time and see what the new kids were like. The students would check what type of clothes the new kids wore.Kids that wore brand clothes would make fun of the new kids like Rufus because of their raggedy clothes. Rich people and poor people
Have you ever thought about how people judge others without motives or reasons? Well this quite common in today’s world. We judge people by
Judging people by the way they look. So it can be hard not to judge someone but it’s still not a good thing to do, they could be a caring person, but you are too judgmental to see through their clothing or hairstyle and avoid them. But it isn't there fault to be avoided, it is your fault and you should try to recognize when you do this and get out of your comfort zone. In Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick it has you judging characters but seeing them as different people.
Before reading Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink I knew that we judged other individuals around us based off of personal criticism. It has become an adapted instinct of our lives that we may not even be aware of, but we do it all the time. I used to think that we judged people because of the way our mind reacts in an instant second of meeting somebody new. However, after reading this book I learned that our reactions are not only quick based on instinct, but based on personal experience in something that has already existed in our lives.
Carl Gustav Jung was a famous swiss psychiatrist that once simply said: “Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge”. To clarify, we as humans have this constant need to know everything about everything; to understand something is to think in every aspect; who, what, when, when, where, and why. Consequently, people judge because making assumptions about who an individual is, is way more efficient than actually getting to know the person. It is said to never judge a book by it’s cover, but we often sway from that idea to gain any type of information. Like essays “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan and “Dumpster Diving” by Lars Eighner, this idea is deflected. In both essays and through personal experience, it is evident that everyone is judged by the way we speak, act, and look thus affecting how we are treated.
Finally I see judgement with my best friend. She has downs syndrome and because of that everyone looks at her differently. But once you get to know her she is the most beautiful person on the inside and out. She would give a person the shirt off her back if they needed it. But since she looks different due to her disease everyone does not treat her like she's a normal person and I have seen her get discouraged multiple times over
I believe that if people have the intentions to judge you, at least they can do so from witnessing originality. I relate my experience to the short story i’ve read through the use of the word “vultures”. Considering I will never know the author's true definition behind the word, I compare it to many of the people I come in contact with in today’s society. I believe that we as humans can be compared to vultures, especially regarding judgement. Vultures prey on dying animals to feed upon, just like we as humans constantly use judgement to prey upon people whom we don't believe fit in with society's
What is the meaning of judging? Does it really say to never judge anyone? Is there such a thing as good or bad judging? What do people get out of judging others? What are the consequences of the way you portray yourself to others? When are we entitled to judge others? Are there different types of judging and how are they different?
We judge people so soon and try to divide them into two categories, good and bad. But then, we “learn to disbelieve the testimony of [our] eyes” and realize that things are not always “easy” and people are not always as we perceive them (Keith 9;
In 2012, my family and I were headed out to Hawaii for a 2 week trip. We rented a grotesque hotel that had 3 floors and 1 elevator for everyone to use. Little do you know that elevator had erroneous issues and caused the power to go out.
Whether we admit it or not, we have a tendency to judge others.We generate perceptions about other people without any hard facts. What we see on the surface seems to be enough for us to come up with a quick assumption about that person that leads to fundamental attribution error. At a young age, I have experienced the damaging effects of snap judgements.
Everyday, we see hundreds of people. Whether we see them on the street, at work, at school, or on television, people pass through our visual field. Fortunately or unfortunately, we judge these people. It may be intentional, it may be unintentional, or it may be somewhat intentional, but we form opinions about people based on their style of dress.
People judge each other on a daily basis. The way an individual presents themselves, speaks, and behave are all qualities other people base their perception off of. Consequently, these inferences are quite useful in determining who you would and would not enjoy being in any type of relationship with based on surface appearance. However, people may take judging people on surface appearance too far. Therefore, although making a judgement on about a person may not be a negative inference, people take their judgmental attitude to the extreme. Consequently, they have placed themselves in a negative lifestyle which negatively impacts their mood and social interactions.