Nature of Thought Paper
Sennet Perkins
PHL/251
October 4, 2010
Leigh Clemons
Is thinking a necessity in dealing with or handling issues on a daily basis? Every day we are faced with situations that will requires us to think on different levels. Thinking is a very imperative method of how an individual’s thoughts when being read by someone else can generate a comprehensible concept. In this paper, I will explain some of the perceptual blocks that have some bearing on my views and how I reply to it. The sensing process is a very significant part to the process of thinking. It would be very hard for an individual to think without using this process. Being able to hear, smell, touch, taste and see different things in our
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The best solution could always be determined by the tone of the person’s voice, their body language and their facial expression. All situations will be different and should be handled individually. Believe what you see and always expect the unexpected.
Anything that stops an individual from finding a helpful explanation when solving a problem is considered a block. There are several different types of blocks. Perceptual, emotional, intellectual, expressive, environmental and cultural are some of the various groups of blocks. Perceptual blocks occur from the way we were thought to recognize information from the world around us. Emotional blocks occur when our emotional needs contradicts with the situation at hand. Intellectual blocks are caused by an individual not being able to understand information required to solve a problem. Expressive blocks occur when an individual is unable to communicate in the way required to generate an effective solution. Environmental blocks are caused by exterior barrier in the social or physical environment. Cultural blocks result from our training to agree with what is expected or typical in a given situation.
The situations we encountered working with the US Census Bureau required us to use one or more of these blocks. We mainly used the emotional, perceptual and the cultural blocks. Each team member
Identify the communication roadblocks these barriers present in the scenario. To review the communication roadblocks, read the information found in lesson 3.3. (5 points)
Organisational barriers can be unclear structures so adults do not know who to communicate with, inefficient communication systems and lack of clarification of what each persons job role is within the setting. Attitudinal barriers are conflicts between adults, lack of consultation, lack of motivation or positive attitude to work or different views about practice. Personal barriers are adults with personal problems such as relationship issues, health issues such as depression and close friendships among colleagues. Language and culture barriers can be things like adults who have English as an additional language, poor explanations resulting in confusion and different cultures having different expectations of communication. |
A barrier blocks and stops something from getting through. There are different types of communication barriers that stop communication from going well. Three types of communication barriers are shown below.
There are four main types of barriers in communication. Any of these barriers can ruin the chances of success in any given project or task that we are trying to achieve here at XYZ Company. I was asked by our Vice President to give some suggestions and guidelines to help you avoid these barriers, which will allow your team to run more productively, with less need to take corrective actions, and decrease frustration within the team.
Thinking is involved in all conscious mental activity, whether it is acquiring new knowledge, remembering, planning ahead, or day dreaming. Involves manipulating mental representations of info
The understanding of those barriers to which prevent information from being received can allow for better communication throughout the department.
Some example of barriers to communication are use of jargon, physical barriers, cultural differences, impairments, different language and patronising communication.
The act of thinking when examined from a philosophic standpoint has at least two potential meanings, either calculative or contemplative thinking. Though both are called thinking, calculative thinking is centered more as a memory management system in which facts and memories already established through life and learning are recalled. Calculative thought has the potential to unlock many things within science and life though ideas unlocked in this method of thought lead to an extension of what was already known. A. Square shows this on his visit to
Sense perception is one way that allows us to interact and communicate with each other and the world. This is our primary way of knowing because our senses live experiences that we go through. Based on our senses we are to make interpretations of the world. For example, in class, each pair was given a box. Inside the box, there was one metal ball, but you had to figure out the structure or the form of a maze inside the box. We couldn't see inside the box, and we couldn’t touch the inside of the box. By using our sense of hearing and another way of knowing, imagination, we were able to make an educated guess of what the inside structure of the box looked like.
mixed with bad reactions but again their body language is without doubt the best way of
know what is really going on, so you try to explain it the best way you possibly can. After your
And if you believe, in very simple terms, that people mean you well and will treat you kindly, they will. And if you believe that the world is against you, then so it will be in your experience. And if you believe, if you believe that you will begin to deteriorate at 22, then so you shall. And if you believe that you are poor and always will be, then so your experience will so prove to you. Your beliefs meet you in the face when you look in the mirror. They form your image. You cannot escape your beliefs. They are, however, the method by which you create your experience. (The Seth Audio Collection. Cassette One. Selection 1 – Excerpt A.)
To communicate successfully one must express thoughts and emotions clearly. Sometimes the emotional barriers can hinder one 's ability to effectively communicate. Physical barriers are the facets of the surroundings that obstruct the flow of information. This could be radios which are not working correctly and prevent the officer from transmitting his communications. Anything that prevents or slows down the progress of the giving or receiving of information is considered a physical barrier. Semantics is another form of communication barrier, which results in the inability to communicate clearly. Semantic problems occur when there is a failure to agree on the connotation of certain expressions (Wallace & Roberson, 2009). The meaning of certain terms may not be interpreted the same by different people.
One of the amazing yet perplexing things about thinking logically and critically is that all of us perceive issues differently and all of us have a unique thinking pattern. The things that we experience also play an important role in how we perceive issues and also our thinking patterns.
When people think, there are two types of ways of thinking; System 1 and System 2 (Kahneman, 2012). He states that System 1, called fast thinking, is decision-making process without an explicit evaluation, through the process, an idea would be produced intuitively, which is unconscious, uncontrolled and almost effortless. Besides, Dewey (1933) described tree types of thinking approaches as effortless means. One of them is unconscious thinking, which is applied in the situations: being sleep and awake, it is considered that there would be not much or important or helpful production of this type of thinking. Another one is imagining thinking, which does not exist, is not an object. The imagination can result in a conclusion for thinker; nonetheless, it is not always