Communications

Communications The text describes (6) tendencies that we have that influence our perception. Provide an example for each behavior and explain how it impacted you. (Do not use the same examples as in the text.) 1. Stereotyping 2. Primary Effect- Making a good first impression 3.recency Effect- The tendency to emphasize the most recent impression over earlier impressions when forming a perception. 4. Perceptual set-a predisposition to perceive only what we want or expect to perceive 5. Egocentric- unable to take another person’s perspective 6. Positivity and Negative Bias- Negative bias- the tendency to think negative thoughts about oneself Positive bias- thinking positive thoughts about oneself. Describe how you have made each of the (3) common attribution errors (do not use the same examples provided in the text). Self-serving bias-we attribute our successes to internal causes and our failures to external causes Fundamental attribution error-we attribute other people’s behaviors to internal causes more often Over attribution- we focus on one characteristic of a person and attribute a wide variety of behavior to that characteristic Note: Writing should be clear, concise, and grammatically correct. Proofread! I am more concerned with your thoughtful consideration of the questions and application of concepts from the text, than length. I imagine it will take most of you 1-3 pages, double spaced, to adequately respond.