PSYCH 137C Chapter 10: Chapter 10
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Understanding each other requires partners to recognize that specific events do not always have their own single, or objective meaning. Meaning partners make of their experiences is the product of considerable work - selecting, constructing, and interpreting the information. Rate the intent of every statement they make. Rate the impact of every statement they hear from their partner. Identify extent to which each partner is successful at getting his or her point across. Study talk table about marital problem, rated by spouses and observers. Spouses and observers frequently disagreed about the meaning of the same statements. Spouses were doing more than simply perceiving each other"s behaviors, were interpreting those behaviors, understood each other in ways that outside observers could not. Experiences are subject to multiple interpretations, deciding what specific behaviors mean central challenge. We want to know the meaning behind our concrete perceptions.
