Past Experience and Prejudice: Affect Communication
Past Experience and Prejudice: Affect Communication
Past Experience and Prejudice: Affect Communication
Affect Communication
Have you experienced when your inputs
weren’t considered or valued?
Past Experience Effect to Communication
Your parents reacted negatively when you opened You hesitate to discuss the topic with them despite
up about your interest for a certain craft. your rich potential to that craft.
Your colleague has forgotten some very important You give him/her reminders every now and then
information many times in the past. to avoid messing up again.
A subordinate in a group that you lead disagreed You don’t ask for your subordinate’s opinion
twice in your suggestions. anymore, even if he might agree with you this
time.
Your professor ignored your inputs last session. You don’t provide inputs in class anymore.
Your teammates reacted positively to your You use the same strategy in a similar situation.
strategy.
❑ Past experiences inevitably 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.
► Prejudice happen when people 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.