Theorist:
George Kelly
Focus: the
Personal Construct Theory, where people develop interpretations and predictions
about others when they meet someone for the first time.
Strengths:
allows others to get a sense of who the individual is when meeting them for the
first time.
Weaknesses:
causes others to be judgmental towards others that they barely know, sometimes
creating false images of who these people are.
Personal
Example: When I met my husband
for the first time at a party put on by our mutual friend, I thought that he
was a very self-centered and unfriendly individual. However, we kept running
into each other, through our mutual friend, and I realized that my first
impression of him was completely wrong. He is a very loving, compassionate
person who puts others first in almost everything that he does, and he is so
open and honest with others that people enjoy his company.
