Communication Question & Answer, DEFINE interpersonal perception and list the three stages of perception.

1. DEFINE interpersonal perception and list the three stages of perception.
2. What is Selective Recall (in stage 1) ? What happens when we choose to remember only the pleasant memories in a relationship, and forget to recall and remember the experiences that might have been harmful in a relationship?
3. The textbook says that women tend to be better at “thin slicing.” What is thin slicing and why do you think  research supports the fact that women tend to know a lot about a person from knowing very little about the person?
4. Why do we link and create categories when we perceive things? Why do we superimpose a familar structure on a person or thing then link the categories together ?  Could this be because we are uncomfortable with who and what we do not know, so we use what we know to try and understand the new?
5. What is the Impression Formation Theory? Have you ever had an impression of someone and the person turned out to be very different than your first impression? Why do think this happened?
6. The HALO and HORN Effect are interesting concepts. Define each Effect, and why would anyone give someone positive qualities that they did NOT possess? How could doing this negatively impact a relationship?
7. What is the Causal Attribution Theory? What are the the three potential causes for any person’s actions, and what happens when fear, or jealousy, or poor perception makes a person attribute the WRONG meaning and interpretation to their partner’s behavior?

For example, a couple is at a party and the woman looks over and sees her boyfriend hand a piece of paper to a pretty woman ?

Try to think of the FIRST thing a jealous person would think?

8. Why do we have to be very careful about how we INTERPRET another person’s behavior–especially someone we are in love with?
9. In our intercultural relationships it is easy to STEREOTYPE behavior  and create a BARRIER.  What does it mean to stereotype a person and how can stereotyping be harmful to any relationship?
10. In our relationships we can create barriers by IGNORING information; Imposing consistency; Focusing on the negative; Avoiding responsibility; and BLAMING OTHERS.

10a. DEFINE Fundamental Attribution Theory (under BLAME) and how is it detrimental to relationships?

11. Discuss ONE of the Barriers listed in Question Ten, and discuss why you think that barrier is harmful to relationships?
12. Discuss TWO strategies for improving our perception skills. Which one do you think is most valuable and why?