Prejudging Can Lead to a Disaster

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Prejudging Can Lead To A Disaster In the movie Hitch, Alex Hitchens (Will Smith) makes a statement, "She may not want the whole truth, but she wants the real you, she may not want to see it all at once" (Mordaunt, 2005). Although there may be some truth to this statement, the real truth is never to mislead a person's emotions. This belief that he has, lead him to be in a conflicting situation to where his self-disclosure was prejudged by his actions without creditable evidence of the truth. Because of his non-verbal actions Sarah's feeling were hurt, the truth was misconstrued and the whole situation was blown out of proportion. The speed dating scene exhibited a few concepts of conflict regarding interpersonal communication. Prejudging the speaker or the information was just one of the conflicts that were portrayed in this scene. Our text book states, that because you have already prejudged the person or situation, your motive to listen-the first step in the listing process-is not there. Instead of listing, you begin to think about something else. Rather than succumbing to the habit of prejudging, resolve to keep an open mind when you listen to others to see if you can learn something from what the speaker has to say (Sole, 2011). Had Sarah not prejudged Hitch and his intentions and used effective listening skills, she might have actually heard what he was trying to say. Sarah might have understood that Hitch was merely trying to get women out of their comfort zone in order to give love a chance; because women are so guarded, they never let anyone into their personal space letting that special person slip away. If Sarah had only allowed Hitch to finish speaking, controlled her emotions during the conversation, and processed the message being given to her, a better understanding might have resolved the confusion. Sarah might have also taken the

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