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I feel like this is actually that people don't get to decide if others will perceive signals.
by LoganDark 9mo ago
I feel like this is actually that people don't get to decide if others will perceive signals.
- ishouldstayaway 9mo agoThis is a distinction without a difference; a signal was received, whether you meant to send it or not.
- dwaltrip 9mo agoIt’s quite a difference… The expected or assumed signal can differ radically from the perceived signal, often in surprising ways. People spend so much energy doing things based on untrue assumptions about what others are thinking. And this is before we even get into how much one should adjust their behavior based on someone else’s perception.
- simon666 9mo agoYeah similarly we can make a few distinctions here: 1) Intended signal, true 2) Unintended signal, but true 3) Unintended signal, but false (Sure, 1' intended but false; though not really important here) When (1) obtains we can describe this situation as one where sender and received coordinate on a message. When (2) obtains we can say the sender acted in a way that indicative of some fact or other and the received is recognizes this; (2) can obtain when one obtains as a separate signal or when the sender hasn't intended to send a signal. (3) obtains when the receiver attributes to the sender some expressive behavior or information that is inaccurate, say, because an interpretive schema has characterized the sender and the coding system incorrectly producing an interpretation that is false.
- marcus_holmes 9mo agoAlso remember that each recipient of the signal will have their own reaction to it. What signals professional competence to one person can signal lickspittle corporate toadying to another.
- coldtea 9mo agoYes, but in aggregate, most people (or most groups of people) will arrive at the same conclusion for the same signal. Else signals and signalling wouldn't be a thing and people wouldn't care for them, their reception would be a random scatter plot.