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Is it? Your personality (how others view it) is simplified to its most defining traits and then that perception is gradually reinforced by how people treat you
by martin-t 6y ago
Is it? Your personality (how others view it) is simplified to its most defining traits and then that perception is gradually reinforced by how people treat you (consciously or not). Seems pretty similar to me.
- watwut 6y agoYes it is. Following does not happen: > Your personality (how others view it) is simplified to its most defining traits Instead, the more people know you, the more they perceive your other traits and the more complex opinion of you they have. > then that perception is gradually reinforced by how people treat you There is definitely such a thing as strong influence of various people on each other. But, it does not do flanders-like simplification to single trait nor does it persistently exaggerate that single trait all that much.
- samspot 6y agoYou are talking about main characters in your life, the people you are getting to know more over time. Ex: The Simpson Family Parent comment is talking about side characters, people you spend very little time with but run into somewhat frequently. Ex: Ned Flanders
- watwut 6y agoStill no. And in case of those people, I dont even get to observe how others treat them, so the other effect from parent comment does not apply either.
- kzrdude 6y agoI think that the popularity of sitcoms and similar actually makes it more likely for us to treat people this way, as caricatures of themselves. It invades our mind. That's the connection between the two topics that I see.