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Assignment #3- Application: Focus on Misperception Describe a situation in which you were misperceived by another person or group of people. What was the situation? How was the misperception communicated to you? How did you respond to the misperception?
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Assignment #3- Application: Focus on Misperception • Describe a situation in which you were misperceived by another person or group of people. • What was the situation? • How was the misperception communicated to you? • How did you respond to the misperception? • How did their perception differ from your own perception of self? • Describe a situation in which you misperceived another person or group of people. • What was the situation? • How did you communicate the misperception to the other person? • How did they respond to the misperception? • Did the experience change your position on making perceptions? • Assignment Style: Written & Small Group Discussion • Written Requirements: MLA Format; Typed (2-4 pages) • Presentation Aides: N/A • Reading: Chapter 3
CHAPTER 3 PERCEPTION
PERCEPTION • An active process of creating meaning by selecting, organizing, and interpreting people objects, events, situations, and activities.
SENSES AGE HEALTH FATIGUE HUNGER BIOLOGICAL CYCLES CULTURE GENDER OCCUPATION INFLUENCES
Perceptual Process • 1-6 (more false answers) • Makes judgments based on first impressions • Believes in personality theories • Mind reading • Stereotypes • 7-10 (more true answers) • Believes in accurate people perception • Delays making conclusions • Perception checking
PERCEPTION CHECKING • DESCRIBE BEHAVIOR • HAVE TWO POSSIBLE INTERPRETATIONS • REQUEST CLARIFICATION
PUNCTUATION-DESCRIBING THE BEGINNING AND ENDING OF INTERACTION • CLOSURE- THE ABILITY TO PERCIEVE THE ENDING OF SOMETHING • GENERALIZING- TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS BECAUSE OF ONE OR TWO CIRCUMSTANCES
EMPATHY- THE ABILITY TO FEEL WHAT ANOTHER PERSON FEELS IN A SITUATION. • SYMPATHY- THE ABILITY TO SHOW SINCERE CONCERN FOR ANOTHER PERSON • ANDROGYNOUS BEHAVIOR- THE INABILTY TO CHOSE BETWEEN EMOTIONS IN PARTICULAR SITUATION.