What are the four steps for correct perception checking and the reasons for each step?

What will be an ideal response?


Step 1: Determine the exact behavior triggering perception. Reason: We often confuse
behavior and interpretation. Step 2: Identify initial interpretation and other possible
interpretations. Reason: Nonverbal communication may have a number of meanings, so we must
be aware of assumptions. Step 3: Non-judgmentally describe the behavior observed as well as
possible interpretations. Reason: Check accuracy of your perception while making the other
person aware of what his or her behavior communicated to you. Step 4: Ask for verification or
correction of perceptions. Reason: Invite dialogue.

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Ethnocentric means:

a. media that promote and report on only one nation. b. promoting the superiority of one ethnic group over another. c. a centralized form of government-controlled mass media. d. media entirely run by one specific ethnic group.

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Forming intercultural friendship becomes challenging when:

a. the parties have different beliefs about what friendship should be like b. the parties have different standard of communication competence c. there is or there was a historical/political/social friction between the cultural groups d. all of the above

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The general purpose of public speaking includes all of the following goals EXCEPT to

a. inform. b. critique. c. persuade. d. entertain.

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