Prediction In Relationships

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When you are trying to build a relationship with someone that is from a different culture or has a different background, it is good to have an open mind. When you make judgements about any person or make predictions before you get to the know them, you can offset your relationship. An example of making a prediction of a person before you build a relationship, can include looking at a person that has tattoos and think they are bad. . Making a prediction about a person automatically sets a wall for building a relationship.
The other day I was shopping at Bass Pro Shop and I saw a gentleman with his two children. He had tattoos over his entire body. Now when I say entire body I mean his entire face too. His eyebrows were shaved off and he had
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Right away a person may make a prediction that I am a mother. Someone may make a positive prediction that I am a caring and loving mother. But those people who will make a negative prediction will see that I have an older child and that I am a younger women. This may give them the idea that when I was a teenager I did not abide by the rules and got pregnant at 14. When I am in my medical scrubs people may make an individual prediction about me. I am a successful intelligent woman who works in the medical field. This can also give you a prediction that I am very caring and willing to help others who are in need. This is the kind of prediction that I would want people to think about …show more content…
Those people got a good sense of who I am just by how I appear. Although the people who would have made negative prefix dictions by my example would have not been accurate. When a person makes a prediction about another person they could be making a big error. This error or judgement will not allow them to build an open relationship. When you start to build a relationship based on judgments or predictions that means you are not open minded, and willing to accept them for who they are. You are already judging them before you even allow yourself to get to know them. The person you are making a prediction or judgment against is going to have to prove to you otherwise why your judgment is wrong. That is not something a person should have to do right when they meet you.
Having a first impression of someone is important. But can hurt your relationship at the same time. “A first impression is the event when one person first encounters another person and forms a mental image of that person. First impressions are based on a wide range of characteristics: age, race, culture, language, gender, physical appearance, accent, posture, voice, number of people present, and time allowed to process. The first impressions individuals give to others could greatly influence how they are treated and viewed in many contexts of everyday life.” (First