Past experience – experiences you may have had with this person in the past, may affect the way you perceive his or her behaviors.Expectations - the way we expect others to behave may influence the way we see their behaviorsSocial roles – The roles we expect others to inhabit within society affects the way we perceive them, (we have different expectations of men than of women in different situations)[Can any of you think of a situation where a woman is expected to behave differently than a man?]Culture also influences our perceptions – the culture we come from affects how we interpret messagesEmpathy vs. sympathySelf-fulfilling prophecies– When we expect a certain outcome to take place, and because of our expectation that outcome is more likely to take place.For example: You meet someone for the first time, previously you heard many negative things about her, so you expect that you will not like her, sure enough after the meeting has ended you think to yourself, “I really do not like her.” Your expectations before the encounter probably effected the ultimate outcome.Identity managementReasons we manage our impressionsTo follow social rules – to be accepted by societyWhen is impression management unethical?Perception checkingHow perceptual tendencies influence perception -There are many factors that influence our perception, but we are most often affected by the factors that are the most obvious.Three factors that cause us to pay attention to some messages and ignore others:1. Intense stimuli - things that grab our attention, (loud people, loud music, attractive people or things)2. Repetition – when a message is repeated it tends to grab our attention sooner or later, (many advertisements use this tactic, by repeating messages over and over) [Have you ever seen a commercial a couple of times but never paid attention to what it was about, until one day you do truly watch and are amazed that you had seen it so many times and never really got it?]3. Contrastive – when a message goes against what we expected, it may grab our attention [Have you ever had a friend do something that was totally unlike them that got your attention?]Self- serving bias – When others make a mistake we blame it on them, when we make a mistake we blame it on factors outside of us. For example: If a basketball team wins a game they may say, “We won because we practiced so hard, and becausewe are the best team.”If a basketball team looses a game they may say. “We lost because the referee unfairly called penalties on us.”What are some situational factors that influence perception?[Before showing answers ask them what situational factors influence perception, write on the board]Relational satisfaction – the degree of happiness we have in a relationship may affect the way we perceive the messages that he or she sendsDegree of involvement with other person – if we desire future involvement with this person we may tend to view he/she more favorably than if we do notcare about future involvement with he or she.Past experience – experiences you may have had with this person in the past, may affect the way you perceive his or her behaviors.Expectations - the way we expect others to behave may influence the way we see their behaviorsSocial roles – The roles we expect others to inhabit within society affects the way we perceive them, (wehave different expectations of men than of women indifferent situations) [Can any of you think of a situation where a woman is expected to behave differently than a man?]Knowledge – the amount of knowledge we have of someone may change the way we perceive his or her behaviors, (if you know that your friend is stressed out over family problems you might overlook her snappy comments)Self- concept – the way we see ourselves influences the way that we perceive others, (if someone has a negative self-image they may perceive another person’s messages negatively)Culture also influences our perceptions – the culture we come from affects how we interpret messages-When two people from different cultures communicate there is a good chance that they will misinterpret one another[Why do you think this happens? How can we prevent this from happening?]]Empathy vs. sympathy[What is the difference between empathy and sympathy?]Empathy – is the ability to feel another’s perspective, by imagining the world through his or her point of viewWhen you are able to empathize with someone you have the ability to feel his or her pain, joy, sorrow, etc. as he or she feels it.Three dimensions of empathy:1. Perspective taking – the ability to take on the viewpoint of the other person2. Emotion – ability to experience the feelings thathe or she is going through3. Concern – genuinely caring for the welfare of the other personSympathy – feeling compassion for what another is going through with out a sense of knowing what theyare feeling-When someone feels sympathy they have an inability to relate with what that person is going through or experiencing.We can sympathize with out being able to feel empathy, but we cannot empathize without also feeling sympathy [Why?]Self-fulfilling prophecies – When we expect a certain outcome to take place, and because of our expectation that outcome is more likely to take place. For example: You meet someone for the first time, previously you heard many negative things about her, so you expect that you will not like her, sure enough after the meeting has ended you think to yourself, “I really do not like her.” Your expectations before the encounter probably effected the ultimate outcome. Two types of self-fulfilling prophecies:1. Your own experiences influence your behavior (you think you will fail a test, and you do)2. Expectations of on person cause another personto carry out those expectations (when teachers expect children to do well and they do because the teachers think that they will)-While self-fulfilling prophecies play a big role in our lives, not all outcomes are due to what we expect they will turn out to be, sometimes outcomes are due to several other factors.Identity management We use several types of communication to create impressions we want others to believe about usPerceived self – the person you see yourself as, who you think you arePresenting self – is the person you want others to see you as Reasons we manage our impressions[Why do we manage our impressions?]To follow social rules – to be
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