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Fundamentals of Communication

Fundamentals of Communication. Chapter 2 – Perception, Self, and Communication. What do you see?. Perception. Process of becoming aware from senses Active Perception Subjective Perception. Perception Test. Share your answers in groups and try to fill it out

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Fundamentals of Communication

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  1. Fundamentals of Communication Chapter 2 – Perception, Self, and Communication

  2. What do you see?

  3. Perception • Process of becoming aware from senses • Active Perception • Subjective Perception

  4. Perception Test • Share your answers in groups and try to fill it out • Lets look at each answer and how it relates to perception.

  5. Perception • Physiological factors • Past experiences • Culture and co-culture • Present feelings and circumstances

  6. How do we perceive? • Selection • Organization • Interpretation • Look at this movie and count the # of times the ball is passed movie 3 2 I-I 2 3 G I-I I

  7. Perception errors • Attributional errors • Fundamental attribution error • Self-serving bias • Perceptual errors • Stereotyping • First impressions

  8. Guidelines for Improving Perception • Recognize that all perceptions are partial and subjective. • Avoid mindreading. • Check perceptions with others. • Distinguish between facts and inferences. • Guard against the self-serving bias. • Guard against the fundamental attribution error. • Monitor labels.

  9. Who Are You? • What do you know about yourself? • Self-perception • Personal identity • Who you are develops through • Intrapersonal communication • Symbolic interactionism • Self-fulfilling prophecy

  10. Learning More About Yourself • Understand your physical self • Understand how others perceive you • Understand your communication skills and behaviors

  11. What’s Your Future Potential? • Self-actualization • The fulfillment of one’s potential as a person

  12. How Do You Evaluate Yourself? • Self-Appraisal/Self-Concept has two parts • Self-Image • Self-Esteem

  13. Self-Image • The picture you have of yourself • Based on feedback from others • Confirmation • Rejection • Disconfirmation

  14. Self-Esteem • How you feel about yourself • Based on your perceptions of your successes and failures • Affects perception and communication

  15. Improving Self-Concept • Have a goal or objective • Make your goal realistic • Find information about how to achieve your goal • Exercise control and restraint • Gain support of friends and family • Accept yourself

  16. How Do We Present Ourselves? • Self-presentation • The way we portray ourselves to others • Identity Management • Control (or lack of control) of the communication of information through a performance • High and low self-monitors • Face, facework, politeness

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