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A paper which considers misperception and misinterpretation of feelings, with particular reference to self-fulfilling prophecy and the development of self-concept. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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that perception is not only subjective, but requires the active involvement of the individual in the perceptual process, otherwise the information which is assimilated is likely to lead to misinterpretation.
Obviously, no-one can deal with all the sensory stimuli which are present at any given time, and consequently we tend to filter out much
of these sensory impressions and focus only on those which are necessary. Welles comments that a driver will be oblivious to most of what is going on around him, provided
that the road and traffic conditions meet expectations: however, a slight deviation from those expected conditions will be registered immediately.
Clearly, then, it is probable that in the normal course of events we will misperceive at least some of what is taking place in our immediate environment, but this
is not necessarily harmful: it depends on the situation. Misperception which leads to the misinterpretation of someones feelings, however, is an important factor in the progress of interpersonal relationships. In
addition, because we tend to develop personality and a sense of self-concept according to the way that others respond to us, misperceptions of this type can also have a negative
effect on such development. Tobyas (2006) describes misperception of feelings as the attribution of a particular emotion to stimuli
which are in fact neutral, and comments that such misperception can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. If a child misperceives neutral stimuli as demonstrating hostility or aggression, they will tend to
react aggressively themselves. This is turn sparks aggression in the formerly-neutral individual, at which point the child considers the original misperception as confirmed, since now there is actual hostility being
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