COMM 1001 Week 4 Assignment

First write a sentence (or more if needed) to gradually introduce your reader to the topic of perception. Try to be creative and original. For instance, you could tell a brief story about how perception played a role in a situation from your own life. 

The second part of a proper introduction is a thesis or purpose statement. In this worksheet, we will give you

the thesis.  In your paper next week, you may choose to use this thesis or write your own. A possible thesis

 for this paper would be:

This paper will help me to understand how perception works through doing an analysis of what three observers

declared were their perceptions of a photograph.

Finally, write a sentence or two that previews what your three main points for this paper will be. You have already been given the three main points. They are:

1) Explanation of the steps of the perception process.

2) Description of your observers and how their background might affect their perception of the world.

3) Analysis of the observers’ descriptions of the photo.

Here is an example of a good preview of these three main points:

In this paper, first I will explain the three step process of perception; second, I will provide a description of my three observers complete with an explanation as to how their backgrounds might affect their perceptions of the world. Finally, I will delve deeper into what these observers had to say about the photograph I showed them by analyzing their perceptions.

In space below, write a preview of main points in your own words.

In the spaces below, please give an abbreviated version of what you might write in the full paper for this section. For instance, you can just list the steps and give a one sentence description of your own example of each step. Remember, the boxes will expand as you write, so you do not need to worry about using only the space provided.

Step #1:

Step #2:

Step #3:

Main Point 1 Comments

·         Did the student provide an example for each step of perception?  _____/15 points (5 points per step)

 Instructor Comments: 

In the spaces below, please list your observers and describe the following:

Their relationship to you (for example: mom, dad, friend, co-worker, etc.), their sex, their age, their occupation or work situation, a brief description of their overall attitude in life, and any other things you think are important to know about the person.

Then, please give a 1-2 sentence description for each person on how you think the background information you listed would make them perceive the world in a certain way. In the full paper, you can provide more detail.

Observer #1:

Observer #2:

Observer #3:

Main Point 2 Comments

·         Did the student give the required detail on 3 different observers? ______/15 points (5 points per observer)

 Instructor Comments: 

Selecting

Organizing

Interpreting

Salience

Selecting: Choose from these terms:  • salience • vividness • social learning •

Organizing: Choose from these terms: • stereotype • prototype • scripts • personal construct • perception shifts •

Interpreting: Choose from these terms: • assigning attributions • biases in attributions • closure • context •

Main Point 3 Comments

20 Points Total

·         Did the student provide 3 terms and give at least a one sentence explanation of how each term might be used in the full paper? ______/15 points (5 points per term)

·         Were the parts of each section in the body part of the outline orderly and written in complete sentences?  ______/5 points

 Instructor Comments: 

______/20 pts.

First write a sentence (or more if needed) to “ease” your reader out of the overall idea of this paper on your experiment with the photograph. In other words, let your reader know you are “closing” the paper.

A review of the thesis for the paper would go here. In your paper next week, you may choose to use this thesis

or write your own. A possible thesis for this paper would be:

Through writing this paper, I have come to a better understanding of how each one of us will have different perceptions of just about anything. It really all depends on things such as our background and even our present state of mind.

Second, write one sentence for each main point that summarizes the most important idea of that main point. This is not the place to introduce new information.

In the full paper next week, you will want to end with something memorable.

Just like the opening, you want to try to be creative and original.

So, be thinking about what you will put in the final paper next week to give it a good ending.

·         Did the closing ease the reader out of the paper clearly?  ______/3 points

·         Was the review sentence clear and did it follow the correct main points and order given?  ______/2 points

 Instructor Comments: 

______/5 pts.

This grid is not required for you to do. But you may find it helpful to fill out as you collect your observers’ descriptive words. It will help you keep the analysis organized as you fill out main point 3 above and for when you write the full paper next week.

DIRECTIONS: Place the descriptive terms you received from your observers in the first column. Then check off the columns (based on the different types of perception) that you think influenced your observer to notice that aspect of the picture. Be sure to watch the Perception Analysis Grid Demonstration in the Week 4 Learning Resources to help you understand how to fill out the worksheet. The basics are that each “descriptive word” should have one item checked off in each category (selecting, organizing and interpreting). While more than one of the terms in each category might fit the descriptive word from your observers, choose the one term in each category that BEST fits. So, you should end up with three terms checked off for each “descriptive word” from your observers.

Descriptive Words

Observer 1

Vividness

Social Learning

Personal Constructs

Prototypes

Stereotypes

Scripts

Perception Shifts

Context

Closure

Assigning Attributions

Biases in Attributions

Observer 2

Observer 3

FINAL Worksheet Grade

70 Points Total

_____/70 points

First write a sentence (or more if needed) to gradually introduce your reader to the topic of perception. Try to be creative and original. For instance, you could tell a brief story about how perception played a role in a situation from your own life.

The second part of a proper introduction is a thesis or purpose statement. In this worksheet, we will give you

the thesis. In your paper next week, you may choose to use this thesis or write your own. A possible thesis

for this paper would be:

This paper will help me to understand how perception works through doing an analysis of what three observers

declared were their perceptions of a photograph.

Finally, write a sentence or two that previews what your three main points for this paper will be. You have already been given the three main points. They are:

1) Explanation of the steps of the perception process.

2) Description of your observers and how their background might affect their perception of the world.

3) Analysis of the observers’ descriptions of the photo.

Here is an example of a good preview of these three main points:

In this paper, first I will explain the three step process of perception; second, I will provide a description of my three observers complete with an explanation as to how their backgrounds might affect their perceptions of the world. Finally, I will delve deeper into what these observers had to say about the photograph I showed them by analyzing their perceptions.

In space below, write a preview of main points in your own words.

In the spaces below, please give an abbreviated version of what you might write in the full paper for this section. For instance, you can just list the steps and give a one sentence description of your own example of each step. Remember, the boxes will expand as you write, so you do not need to worry about using only the space provided.

Step #1:

Step #2:

Step #3:

Main Point 1 Comments

· Did the student provide an example for each step of perception? _____/15 points (5 points per step)

Instructor Comments:

In the spaces below, please list your observers and describe the following:

Their relationship to you (for example: mom, dad, friend, co-worker, etc.), their sex, their age, their occupation or work situation, a brief description of their overall attitude in life, and any other things you think are important to know about the person.

Then, please give a 1-2 sentence description for each person on how you think the background information you listed would make them perceive the world in a certain way. In the full paper, you can provide more detail.

Observer #1:

Observer #2:

Observer #3:

Main Point 2 Comments

· Did the student give the required detail on 3 different observers? ______/15 points (5 points per observer)

Instructor Comments:

Select one term from each category (Selecting, Organizing and Interpreting—3 terms total) listed below that you plan to talk about in your analysis about your observers’ descriptions of the photo.

1. Please list the term you chose in each category.

2. Provide the word or phrase from at least one observer that fits with that term. Be sure to choose a different word from a different observer in each category.

3. Then provide a full sentence explanation of how you plan to apply the term to the word or phrase from your observer. In other words, provide a specific example.

For example
(you may NOT use this example):

Salience, “big veins”

My observer #1 used the phrase “big veins” to describe the man in the photo. Observer #1 works in the field of nursing and is required to insert IV’s regularly. Thus, I chose to use the term “salience” to describe why she used the phrase “big veins” because her regular work with veins means the man’s big veins were “salient” to her.

In the full paper, then, you will also include the definition of the term AND give credit to the textbook for that definition.

Selecting: Choose from these terms: • salience • vividness • social learning •

Organizing: Choose from these terms: • stereotype • prototype • scripts • personal construct • perception shifts •

Interpreting: Choose from these terms: • assigning attributions • biases in attributions • closure • context •

Main Point 3 Comments

20 Points Total

· Did the student provide 3 terms and give at least a one sentence explanation of how each term might be used in the full paper? ______/15 points (5 points per term)

· Were the parts of each section in the body part of the outline orderly and written in complete sentences? ______/5 points

Instructor Comments:

______/20 pts.

First write a sentence (or more if needed) to “ease” your reader out of the overall idea of this paper on your experiment with the photograph. In other words, let your reader know you are “closing” the paper.

A review of the thesis for the paper would go here. In your paper next week, you may choose to use this thesis

or write your own. A possible thesis for this paper would be:

Through writing this paper, I have come to a better understanding of how each one of us will have different perceptions of just about anything. It really all depends on things such as our background and even our present state of mind.

Second, write one sentence for each main point that summarizes the most important idea of that main point. This is not the place to introduce new information.

In the full paper next week, you will want to end with something memorable.

Just like the opening, you want to try to be creative and original.

So, be thinking about what you will put in the final paper next week to give it a good ending.

5 Points Total

· Did the closing ease the reader out of the paper clearly? ______/3 points

· Was the review sentence clear and did it follow the correct main points and order given? ______/2 points

Instructor Comments:

______/5 pts.

This grid is not required for you to do. But you may find it helpful to fill out as you collect your observers’ descriptive words. It will help you keep the analysis organized as you fill out main point 3 above and for when you write the full paper next week.

DIRECTIONS: Place the descriptive terms you received from your observers in the first column. Then check off the columns (based on the different types of perception) that you think influenced your observer to notice that aspect of the picture. Be sure to watch the Perception Analysis Grid Demonstration in the Week 4 Learning Resources to help you understand how to fill out the worksheet. The basics are that each “descriptive word” should have one item checked off in each category (selecting, organizing and interpreting). While more than one of the terms in each category might fit the descriptive word from your observers, choose the one term in each category that BEST fits. So, you should end up with three terms checked off for each “descriptive word” from your observers.

Descriptive Words

Observer 1

Selecting

Organizing

Interpreting

Salience

Vividness

Social Learning

Personal Constructs

Prototypes

Stereotypes

Scripts

Perception Shifts

Context

Closure

Assigning Attributions

Biases in Attributions

Observer 2

Observer 3

FINAL Worksheet Grade

70 Points Total

_____/70 points