Perception and Communication

 

My Own Experience Where My Initial Perception of Someone was Incorrect

Perception is the way in which people tend on perceiving information and becoming aware and understanding a certain situation surrounding them which makes them communicate in the way they would.

The term perception means the way an individual perceives others. Perceptions are judgements, and so this means that they are not always true. Robinns et all (2010) described perception as “the process by which individuals organise and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.”

(Mary Simpson 2011)

I have had an incorrect perception before where close friends of mine who I had been there for helping them in every situation they have had, every problem they had come across because they made out them self to be a good loyal friend and trust worthy and telling me that they would be there for me one day too. Through perception I perceived the information positively and believed the person but one day this person had a problem with a few people and I had helped them stand up towards them so my friend would not have to get bullied and told them to go away but only knowing the next day by very same friend that as the friend was talking they accidently without realising told me that the friend would not have done the same for me. After that I contemplated on what the person told me after how they would be there for me after what I had done for them and how the truth came out after a long time so I realised that this person was not who they claimed to be and my perception towards the person had changed and since then I have distance my friendship and decided not to trust anyone unless they prove themselves to be trustworthy not to just go by someone’s word.

Three ways the university can improve communication with students

Communication within an organisation is essential to be able to run information properly. This is usually done or run through from one source to another in order to achieve goals that are set.

The article suggests that is done two ways, meaning that the employers have to communicate with the employees, similarly university staffs have to communicate with the students in order for them to achieve the results needed to get further into their education.

This first way I think the university can improve communications with students is by involving lecturers and students in team work activities, because with this the students will be able to express their ideas more without feeling like they are being judged and within team work they can learn from other students views and opinions on what should be done and should not be done for example they should outline certain goals to be achieved with the lecturer and discuss how to achieve and what steps to take and this would make the students feel more confident and in achieving the goals and going past the barriers they face.

The other thing university can do is look at results and how to achieve them, both lecturer and student should look at results achieved and how and what can be improved. This is because for the students that do not put much effort into their work or studies they will have an understanding of why it is so important to achieve these results and it will make them work much harder to achieve the goals.

And another thing universities could do is involve the students with the problems in there university by informing them what certain staff does to improve one this and the effort they put in it to make it no longer a problem achieving success and why this would be a good idea because this can motivate the students think even though there are barriers and you feel to quit it can take that “quit” away and work through it, thus meaning the student will feel motivated to carry on putting more and more effort into their work. And this might even get the students feeling wanted and they would get involved with the university activities and help or give ideas towards finding solutions similarly giving ideas within team work.