Perception And Communication Essay

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Perception and Communication Perception is defined as how you look at others and the world around you. Being able to select, organize and intercept information starts the perceptual process. Perception affects the way people communicate with others. An individual’s pattern of thinking can affect their perception of others. Most people communicate best with people of similar cultures. Communication, the exchange and flow of information and ideas from one person to another. With all that being said, I will compare and analyze my observers choices. I will explain why I think they chose the words that they did. In my essay, I want you the reader to better understand perception and I’m going to demonstrate how it works through the analysis…show more content…
This was a very interesting moment with all 3 of them. I really enjoyed watching and listening to what they chose. I believe they enjoyed it too. They really studied this man and came up with some interesting words. I also did this when I had each of them alone so that no words were copied intentionally. I did notice a lot of similarities though in what they said. My first observer was my husband. He is 50 years old, paramedic and very active in local organizations. He looked at the photo and after what seemed like forever; he started giving me his words. One word he chose was, “black”. I listed that as vividness. Vividness includes all sensations that seem to stand out from their surroundings. ( Dobkin (2006). Communication in a Changing World, CH 3). I’m thinking he chose that one because it is something that stuck out to him, something everyone can see. It was a simple choice in my opinion. He also chose, “empty”. I listed that one under salience. Salience means personal relevance or interest. (Dobkin (2006) Communication in a Changing World, Ch. 3). I believe he picked that one because he believed that the man was thinking about nothing, he was empty. My second observer was my 12 year old son. He too picked the word, “black”. Once again I listed that under the word vividness. He also said the man looked “alone”. I listed this under “scripts”. Script, a guide to actions and expectations based on the categorization of perceptions. (Dobkin (2006) Communication in a Changing World, Ch. 3.) My last observer was my 11 year old daughter. She is a very shy person and some of her answers really surprised me. She picked, “needy”. I listed that one under assigning attributions, which means the assignment of meaning to the actions of ourselves and others. (Dobkin (2006) Communication in a Changing World, Ch. 3). I think she seen him sitting there, doing nothing

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