One of the reasons that people ruin their relationships is misunderstanding. People often jump to the conclusion after they notice something without even wondering if their assumption is correct. Perception checking is a useful tool that helps us to understand others better instead of jumping to the conclusion or assuming that our first interpretation is correct. Perception checking has three parts: description – provide a description of a noticed behavior, interpretations – include at least two possible interpretations of the behavior, and clarification - a request for clarification about the behavior and interpretations. Perception checking is a respectful approach in communication and also minimizes the defensiveness. In reality, I have encountered some situations in which using my understanding of perception checking gives me a better way to react and handle my interpretations.
The first situation I have encountered is that I was not clear on my uncle's intention. I have lived with my uncle's family when I came to study abroad in the U.S. My uncle and I have a great relationship. The first few months after I came, I eat and share the food in the house with my uncle's family. His wife cooks for the whole family including me. Suddenly one day my uncle asked me to split up and he would give me the a certain amount of money for shopping for food. That means not only I have to spend more time going to the market but also cook for myself. I was very upset with his un-understandable decision but I still have to obey to what he said. I thought to myself "Did I eat a lot of food and he gets mad of feeding me?" (my first interpretation). I tried to figure out why my uncle did that "Maybe he thinks that's better to eat separately so I can eat whenever I want" (my second interpretation). Eventually I decided to confront him and ask for his reasons and receive an answer: it is because he wants me to be independent so I know how to manage the money for food, learn how to cook.
Honing Listening Skills If an interviewer has a normal tone of voice, an attentive and active way of listening, and a non-judgmental manner, he/she will maintain and even increase the candidate's interest in providing information. For an active listener, listening means hearing, comprehending, and ...
It was believed that audio-visual stimulus had a strong influence on speech perception. ... McGurk discovered that visual information had a strong influence on the process of speech perception. ... Speech perception is what is heard. ... McGurk was checking his stimuli and incorrectly discovered the replaced words were incorrect yet when he closed his eyes they were correct. ... Lip reading in this instance generally is the source of knowledge that creates the conflict in speech perception. ...
Auditory perceptual disorders involve one or more difficulties in the following areas: "interfering with complex interdependence of auditory sensitivity, auditory perception, language or speech" (Mencher, Gerber, and McCombe, 1992). Auditory perception involves several sub areas. ... In this type of agnosia, "impairment in the recognition of both speech and non-speech sounds is present to some degree." ... This patient also showed agnosia of other forms of sensory perception. ... These individuals are also unable to "check-up on their errors." ...
Distinctive voices can change our perceptions and views towards an individual. ... The misogyny speech by Julia Gillard displays the distinctive voice of women in Australia and a voice of power and authority. ... Throughout Julia's speech, she uses emotive language, speaking with a powerful tone to convey her message on woman's rights. ... Tony Abbott who the speech was addressed to became a symbol, and the speech itself took on its own symbolism towards sexism and the views on women's roles in modern Australia. ... This is shown in the quote "You said that in March 2004, ...
Individual freedom also means walking down to the city library and checking out any book you choose or logging onto the net when you get home. ... Looking at freedom in our constitution of the United States, it gives the people four freedoms to govern themselves by: Freedom of Religion, Assembly, Press, and Speech. ... I am glad that I have the perception of freedom, or free will, but I can't imagine what it would be like not to, nor do I know the source of this perception in myself. ...
She went to the doctors and got check ups. ... That many people may experience even more suffering then I, due to their perception. ... Thirdly, I need to develop proper speech. ... To take it a step further and limit negative speech overall. ... Perfect perception equals perfect execution. ...
The symptoms of schizophrenia cause suffers problems in several major areas these include: thought, perception, attention, motor behaviour and emotion. ... Positive symptoms include disorganised speech, hallucinations, delusions and bizarre behaviour. Disorganised speech also known has formal thought disorder. ... The most dramatic distortions of perception are called hallucinations. ... Alogia has several components, these include a reduction in the amount of speech, a degrading of the content of the speech and whilst the person is coherent they convey very little information when speaking. ...
The symptoms of schizophrenia cause suffers problems in several major areas these include: thought, perception, attention, motor behaviour and emotion. ... Positive symptoms include disorganised speech, hallucinations, delusions and bizarre behaviour. Disorganised speech also known has formal thought disorder. ... The most dramatic distortions of perception are called hallucinations. ... Alogia has several components, these include a reduction in the amount of speech, a degrading of the content of the speech and whilst the person is coherent they convey very little information when speaking. ...
In speaking with the psychologist, he determined that Brian had a developmental speech impediment. ... A speech evaluation is now recommended for Brian to address is deficits. ... While the psychologist is uncertain if any of Brian's history has a direct relationship with his delayed speech development, it is evident that Brian has a positive support group at home. ... Speech therapy will be determined once Brian is evaluated by the speech pathologist. ... Parents will be keeping a journal on Brian's behavior and will regularly check-in with his Head Start teachers. ...
