IPC Assignment

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5. Recommendation and Conclusion In conclusion, perception was important in interpersonal communication because it influenced a person’s communication choices. The messages he or she sent and listened to would depend on how the person perceived the world, on how the person sized up the specific situation, on what the person thought of the people with whom he or she interacted. There were six perceptual processes: implicit personal theory, self-fulfilling prophecy, perceptual accentuation, primacy-recency, consistency, and attribution. In this assignment, attribution theory was applied in the chosen movie, Harry Potter and the Order of Pheonix. To increase accuracy in interpersonal perception, Remus John Lupin should analyze his perceptions. He should recognise his own role in perception and avoid making early conclusions. Lupin should observe Fudge first and formulate a hypothesis to test against additional information and evidence before he concluded that the behaviour was internally caused. He should delay formulating conclusions

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5. Recommendation and ConclusionIn conclusion, perception was important in interpersonal communication becauseit influenced a persons communication choices. The messages he or she sent and listenedto would depend on how the person perceived the world, on how the person sized up thespecific situation, onwhat thepersonthought of thepeoplewithwhomheor sheinteracted.There were six perceptual processes: implicit personal theory, self-fulfillingprophecy, perceptual accentuation, primacy-recency, consistency, and attribution. In thisassignment, attributiontheorywasappliedinthechosenmovie, arry!otterandthe"rder of !heonix.Toincrease accuracyin interpersonal perception,#emus $ohn%upinshouldanalyze his perceptions. eshouldrecognisehis ownroleinperceptionandavoidma&ing early conclusions. %upin should observe 'udge first and formulate a hypothesisto test against additional information and evidence before he concluded that thebehaviour was internally caused. e should delay formulating conclusions until he had achance to process a wide variety of cues. ence, %upin had to ma&e friend with 'udgefirst to explore 'udge personality. Then, he had to as& the friends or relatives of 'udgethe reason of trying to bring down the reputation of arry !otter and (umbledore. Ifmost of the cues or pieces of information he obtained pointed to the same conclusion, themore li&ely his conclusion would be correct. owever, he had to be especially alert tocontradictory cues which refuted his initial hypothesis. This was because it was easy toperceive cues that confirm his hypothesis but more difficult to ac&nowledge contradictoryinformation. %upin should chec& his perceptions to reduce uncertainty and to ma&e hisperception more accurate. This was to further explore the thoughts and feelings of 'udge,the )inister of )agic. *ith this simple techni+ue, he lessened his chance ofmisinterpreting 'udges feelings. owever, %upin should avoid mind reading thethoughts andfeelings of 'udge ,ust fromobservinghis behaviour. ehadtosee&confirmation from another person li&e 'udges close friend or his relative. %upin should also reduce his uncertainty to enable himto achieve greateraccuracyinperceptions. Theywereafewstrategieswhichcanhelp%upintoreduceuncertainty. "neofthemwastointeract withtheindividual. %upincoulddothisbyas&ing 'udge a few +uestions li&e -(o you really thin& that arry and .lbus (umbledoreare disloyal to the )inistry of )agic/0 %ast but not least, %upin had to increase his cultural sensitivity. #ecognizing andbeingsensitivetocultural differenceswouldhelpincreasehisaccuracyinperception.%upin should understand that not all the wizards had the same culture. 'udge could besomeone whose culture was very different from (umbledores culture. To (umbledore,forming an army of wizards was solely for the purpose of protecting the wizardry worldfromthe attac& of1oldermort. To 'udge, he might feel that (umbledore wasdisrespectful tohimas(umbledoredidnot as&hispermissionbeforehadthearmyformed. Thus, toimprove%upinsaccuracyininterpersonal perception, heshouldbeculturally sensitive to understand the nonverbal messages of people from other cultures.