Discussion question #1

Discussion Question #1

The Social Constructionist Perspective says that we never experience the world directly. Rather we take those parts of it that our culture makes significant, process them in culturally recognized ways, connect them to others "facts" that we know, and respond to them in ways our culture considers significant. The perspective also says that the majority of what we know and believe about the world comes to us through communication rather than through direct experience. For example if everyone around you talks about the world in a certain way, you are likely to think of the world in that way.

We each "build worlds" through communication differently. We each have our own perspective of the world. Each person we interact with shapes the way that we view the world.

Communication is different in every country. In the business world in America when you first meet someone you look them in their eyes and you shake their hands. In the Asian cultures it is considered disrespectful to look someone in the eyes who is of higher power than you. When communicating together they must learn to adapt to each others different ways of communicating. In the example in the book of John and Judy they did not see eye to eye when communicating with each other because they grew up during different times.