Critical Communication 2

Perception is a critical device that affects how anyone will view the world personally. It affects how people will communicate with other people, groups or ethnic groups of people, and even byproducts of those people, such as films, books, music, or art. How I perceive the world has been shaped by influences such as how my parents raised me, along with how my friends talked about everything from a persons cultural background to which genre of music is acceptable.
Like everyone else, I have condensed all of these different perceptions of the world into my own personal outlook and preconceived notions. As evidence as to how my perceptions influence my attitudes towards people, I will use one of my own personal experiences.
There is a woman at my work who I dislike very much. This stems from my first impressions of her, and how they were all negative. When we first met, she did not know what she was doing, asked me questions constantly, did not stay where she was supposed to, and she also told me that she had not graduated highschool yet despite being two years older than most people who had. These first impressions were all such negative images in my mind that now I see everything that she does with a negative connotation. My perception of her is consistent with the perceptual tendencies talked about in lecture, as well as in Understanding Human Communications. (Adler, Rodman & Sevigny 42 - 44).

Adler, R., Rodman, G., Sevigny, A., Understanding Human Communication. Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2008.