PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION LECTURE #4.pptx

PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION LECTURE #4.pptx

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  Past Experience and Prejudice P U RP O S I V E C O M M U N I C AT I O N
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  Have you experienced whenyour inputs weren’t considered or valued?
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  PAST EXPERIENCES Past experiencesinevitably affect people’s communication styles in the future. When their audience responded positively to their message, chances of them repeating the same style are relatively high. However, when they were turned down or given negative feedback, this will definitely influence how they deliver the message next time.
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  Prejudice happen whenpeople isolate an experience with one “type” of person or one group of people, then behave as if all encounters with people of the same “type” or at least with same characteristics , will lead to the same experience. This eliminates a people’s personal identity and individuality. There can be prejudice as regards to age, gender, orientation, religious belief, race, social-economic status and physical conditions.
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  Prejudice is prejudgmentor forming an opinion before becoming aware of the relevant facts of a case. The word is often used to refer to preconceived, usually unfavorable, judgments toward people or a person because of their gender, beliefs, values, social, class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race/ethnicity, language, nationality, beauty, occupation, education, criminality or other personal characteristics. In this case, it refers to a positive or negative evaluation of another person based on their perceived group membership, but usually is negative.
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  GENDER PREJUDICE Gender stereotyperefers to the attitude that all members of a particular gender --all women, all girls, all men, and all boys -- are a certain type of person. From this stereotype emerges sexism -- the belief that members of one gender are inferior to another.
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  GENDER PREJUDICE
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  Ethnic/Racial Prejudice 1. Ethnicprejudice is the holding of negative opinions, beliefs, or attitudes about people for the simple reason that they belong to a specific ethnic group. 2. Racial prejudice can be defined by either making an adverse judgment or opinion based on race or having an irrational hatred or suspicion based on racial or religious group's stereotypes. Racial prejudice in society has the potential to be a damaging factor in even the most normal settings
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  Sexual Orientation Prejudice 1.Prejudging someone because of their sexual orientation is called homophobia, and it's often based on the stereotype that all gay men or lesbians are a certain way and thus inferior. Also commonly lumped in this category are people's attitudes towards transgender or transsexual individuals, even though these are genders and not sexual orientations. 2. Individuals who exist somewhere along the gender continuum but who defy being classified as either male or female are often the victims of prejudice.
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  Age Prejudice Ageism reflectsa prejudice in society against older adults. Ageism can be defined as "any attitude, action, or institutional structure which subordinates a person or group because of age or any assignment of roles in society purely on the basis of age.
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  Social-economic Status Classism isthe belief or attitude that those of a certain economic class are inferior to another class. Classism is defined by dictionary.com as "a biased or discriminatory attitude on distinctions made between social or economic classes." The idea of separating people based on class is controversial in itself.
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  Physical Conditions • Ableismrefers to the belief that those with physical or mental disabilities or handicaps are inferior to able-bodied people. • Discrimination against the disabled is born of this belief and involves limiting the rights of disabled individuals to basic things that able bodied people take for granted, such as adequate housing, health care, employment and education.