Mon 21 Nov, 2016 11:46 am
Here is the paragraph:
"The first impression becomes an idea of how someone is, like a mental mold built of beliefs, and people then nonconsciously look for confirmation of those initial beliefs while discarding details that might contradict them. Supposedly, we form an opinion of someone during the first three seconds of meeting them. Then, during the following 30 seconds, we shape up that initial impression and try to fit whatever new information that comes up into reinforcing that first impression."
Can you explain the meaning of the expression "mental mold built of beliefs"? Thank!
My interpretation, Thai, is the apparent rigidity of a set of beliefs that might at first convey the wrong impression. However many if not most of us do qualify: If I belong to religion or political following C, then I must believe D, E, F,and G
Mold vs. mould. American English has no mould, and British English has no mold. In other words, the word referring to (1) the various funguses that grow on organic matter or (2) a frame for shaping something is spelled the same in both uses, and the spelling depends on the variety of English.
Seems like first impressions that takes hold in a person's mind. It can be about someone that's attractive, the religion you accept for the reminder of your life, the bias towards your mother's cooking, and your concept of good and bad. Or, it can be beliefs built over many years.
"Mwanzo 21 2016 11:46 ""Hii ni kifungu: hisia ya kwanza inakuwa wazo la jinsi mtu ni, kama mold akili kujengwa ya imani, na watu kisha unconsciously kuangalia kwa uthibitisho wa imani hizo za awali wakati kuondoa maelezo ambayo inaweza kupingana nao." Kwa kawaida, tunajiona kuwa na maoni kuhusu mtu katika sekunde tatu za kwanza za kukutana naye. "Basi, katika sekunde 30 zifuatazo, tunaunda hisia hiyo ya kwanza na kujaribu kuunganisha habari yoyote mpya inayokuja ili kuimarisha hisia hiyo ya kwanza. """ "Kwa nini tunahitaji kuelewa maana ya maneno ""mfano wa akili uliojengwa kwa imani""?" Asanteni! "Kama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, ""Thai"" ni ushawishi wa dhana ambazo zinaweza kuelezea hisia mbaya." Hata hivyo wengi wetu, ikiwa si wengi wetu, tunastahili: Ikiwa mimi ni wa dini au kisiasa kufuatia C, basi lazima niamini D, E, F, na G. Kiingereza cha Marekani hakina umbo, na Kiingereza cha Uingereza hakina umbo. "Kwa maneno mengine, neno linalohusu ""vimelea mbalimbali vinavyokua kwenye vitu vya kikaboni"" au ""kiunzi cha kuunda kitu"" huandikwa kwa njia ileile katika matumizi yote mawili, na herufi inategemea aina ya Kiingereza." Inaonekana kama hisia za kwanza ambazo huchukua nafasi katika akili ya mtu. Unaweza kuwa na mtu wa kuvutia, dini unayokubali kama kumbukumbu ya maisha yako, upendeleo kwa upishi wa mama yako, na dhana yako ya mema na mabaya. Au, huenda ikawa ni itikadi zilizojengwa kwa miaka mingi.