Perception Checks In the book, the communication age, it says, “A perception check is a message you create to check your understanding of someone’s words or behavior. Perception checking has three parts: Describe, interpret, and clarification. Perception checking is a useful tool that improves communication and relationships between people” (28). Throughout this essay I will describe three perception checks that I did and how doing these perception checks helped me to be able to communicate better and strengthen my relationships with others. The first perception check that I performed was with my little brother. When I arrived home from teaching piano my little brother was on my phone. I was furious. Normally I would get delirious, yell at
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She is ninety-four years old. I noticed that she dropped her keys and then looked really upset. I picked them up for her and said, “ I noticed that you dropped your keys, and you look distressed today. Is it because you dropped your keys, or is something bothering you? What’s going on? She explained that her husband had fallen and broken his hip. I asked her if he was all right and if I could do anything to help her. She started laughing and said that it was his fault for falling. She told him not to do something, and he did it anyways. She told me that the reason she was heartbroken, was because she had no one to talk to now that he was in the hospital. I laughed and then spent the rest of my evening talking to her. In the book it says, “Regulative rules guide how individuals respond or behave in interactions” (69). It also says, “cooperative principle is how people normally behave in interactions with one another” (70). When my neighbor told me that her husband had broken his hip, I was concerned for his wellbeing. I followed the cooperative principle by responding to her in what I thought was an appropriate manner. When she laughed and said that it was his fault for falling it changed the direction in which the conversation was
She is ninety-four years old. I noticed that she dropped her keys and then looked really upset. I picked them up for her and said, “ I noticed that you dropped your keys, and you look distressed today. Is it because you dropped your keys, or is something bothering you? What’s going on? She explained that her husband had fallen and broken his hip. I asked her if he was all right and if I could do anything to help her. She started laughing and said that it was his fault for falling. She told him not to do something, and he did it anyways. She told me that the reason she was heartbroken, was because she had no one to talk to now that he was in the hospital. I laughed and then spent the rest of my evening talking to her. In the book it says, “Regulative rules guide how individuals respond or behave in interactions” (69). It also says, “cooperative principle is how people normally behave in interactions with one another” (70). When my neighbor told me that her husband had broken his hip, I was concerned for his wellbeing. I followed the cooperative principle by responding to her in what I thought was an appropriate manner. When she laughed and said that it was his fault for falling it changed the direction in which the conversation was