Communication can be a difficult barrier to cross when guilt or blame is involved. I’m sure we all have stories we recall as children where we tried to squirm our way out of trouble. As parents or babysitters we usually observe the smaller things to determine the larger picture since it may be difficult to determine what truly happened from bystanders or children. And at times it may be easier to determine what happened based off of post incident behavior rather than personal narratives. The initial observances and behaviours usually begin the analysis process to determine the incidents leading up to the incident.
Our first step in determining what occurred is selection, selection is defined by our textbook as, “... the first step …show more content…
This step involves selecting information from our environment and arranging it in a meaningful, logical order. We use perceptual schema (also known as cognitive frameworks) to order the information we’ve received. In our scenario we use all four schema to give credence to our analysis; physical constructs (age and appearance), role constructs (title and position), interaction constructs (social impression), and psychological constructs (inferred state of mind) (Adler et al. 111). Immediately after the incident the children’s schema are very similar, young excited cheerful children who become young tearful unhappy children after knocking over their cake in some way. These descriptions remind us of social responsibilities these children have, as children they are subject to discipline from their parents.
This responsibility complicates the situation as neither child wants to take responsibility for the fallen cake, as a result we have conflicting stories. These narratives are full of punctuation, cause and effect actions, leading up to the fallen cake (Adler et al. 111). Each story works to blame the other sibling in some way or another as is typical in sibling rivalries. “He/she did this so I did this and he did this etc
Our first step in determining what occurred is selection, selection is defined by our textbook as, “... the first step …show more content…
This step involves selecting information from our environment and arranging it in a meaningful, logical order. We use perceptual schema (also known as cognitive frameworks) to order the information we’ve received. In our scenario we use all four schema to give credence to our analysis; physical constructs (age and appearance), role constructs (title and position), interaction constructs (social impression), and psychological constructs (inferred state of mind) (Adler et al. 111). Immediately after the incident the children’s schema are very similar, young excited cheerful children who become young tearful unhappy children after knocking over their cake in some way. These descriptions remind us of social responsibilities these children have, as children they are subject to discipline from their parents.
This responsibility complicates the situation as neither child wants to take responsibility for the fallen cake, as a result we have conflicting stories. These narratives are full of punctuation, cause and effect actions, leading up to the fallen cake (Adler et al. 111). Each story works to blame the other sibling in some way or another as is typical in sibling rivalries. “He/she did this so I did this and he did this etc