Directions:
Obtain Feedback
Choose 5 people in various aspects of your life (home, school, work, social, etc.) to fill out a survey about you.
Ask these individuals to be completely honest with you.
Allow them time to answer the survey in private.
Instruct them to give the responses back to you on paper or electronically (you will be required to turn in their surveys along with your essay).
Once you receive the surveys back:
Read them over individually,
Process the information
Host a conversation with the person who gave you feedback
Ask any clarifying questions you have, but try not to be defensive in listening to their opinions.
Write Essay
Synthesize your experience of completing this feedback activity. Some guiding questions for your essay are listed below. (These questions are to help you build the flow of your essay – they are not meant as a checklist to answer in completing your essay requirements. Your essay should be cohesive and follow proper formatting – introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion).
Apply the notion of “perception” to this experiment (the perception process is discussed in Chapter 4).
Describe the perception process:
How did each person seem to “select” information about you
How did each person seem to “organize” the information they selected (e.g., what prototypes do you think that they compare you to, did they seem to use a stereotype, etc.)
How did they seem to interpret you — connect to attribution theory (e.g., I think that they see me as being stable with the trait of being “late” because…)
How did the perceptions of “you” vary from your point of view to the individuals you received feedback from. Why do you think they varied?
How did it feel to get their responses but not being able to defend or explain yourself? Did time to process their responses help or hinder your feelings about the information you received?
How did this experiment affect your self-concept or self-esteem? Define the terms to help explain (these terms are discussed in Chapter 3).
Did you expect them to answer this way or were the responses a surprise? What aspects of their responses did you agree with? Which ones did you need clarification or explanation on?
What do you think the communication climate in these relationships are? How did this process of feedback and communication help or hinder the climate?
What did you find most affirming about yourself after completing this project?
What did you learn about yourself?
You will need to discuss at least one (perception) communication theory/concept in your essay. You may choose a second or even a third. If you are wondering what I mean by a communication theory/concept, here’s a brief list that I generated from your text:
Attribution Theory
Code Switching
Cognitive Complexity
Communication Climate
Confirmation Bias
Social Penetration Model
Jahari Window
High/Low Context; Individualism/Collectivism; Achievement/Nurturing; etc.
Dialectical Tensions
Emotional Intelligence
Equivocation
Listening
Self-esteem
Self-identity/concept
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Include the Following
Use 3 outside sources that explain or describe the communication theory(ies) and concepts chosen. (If you’d like a little orientation to the library, and help to search for sources, go to Ask Poe: Database Access & Search Tips for Communication Studies). You can use your text as one source. You might also look at the references to point you toward additional sources.
Include a Works Cited and be sure to use in-text citations. The online writing lab at https://owl.purdue.edu/
(Links to an external site.)
is a great place to get MLA and APA help.
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