Perception of a Coworker in Your Workplace

In chapter 2 of the textbook, we learn how we are as individuals malleable, depending on the creation of various self-concepts influenced by "particularized others" and "generalized others." This fractiousness of the self also forms perceptions of others in interpersonal communication. Our perceptions of others is similarly fractious and discursive because we perceive based on our interpretations of the counterparty’s physiology, culture, and social roles, which also include socioeconomic status and "race," and different kinds of cognitive complexities discussed at length in Chapter 3 of the textbook.

· Examine how a specific relationship in your workplace with a coworker or boss is perceived by you based on the range of interpretations available to you (these are physiology, culture and social roles, etc.).

· Based on your experience of perception of this counterparty, is there anything you can do differently in order to improve your relationship? In order to answer this last question you need to refer to the various guidelines for improving perception and communication beginning on page 91 of the textbook.

Requirements:

· Your written paper should be 4-5 pages in length not counting the title and reference pages, which you must include.

· You need to cite at least 2 sources for this assignment, outside of the textbook. These should be scholarly or peer reviewed resources.