Topic > Importance of Attribution Theory in Communication

Perceptions are necessary to evaluate the people, places, things and situations around us. But if these things change, or we have changed but our perception of them or the relationship does not change, then we are limiting things between us to be as they are. We must always try to refresh our perceptions. Recognizing that things change frees the relationship or situation for growth and transformation rather than causing the same old problems to recur. When others change and we still see them as they were before, we prevent ourselves from perceiving the changes and therefore not experiencing them. We wonder why they never change when in reality they do. You can also change your experience of others simply by changing how you perceive them, even when they haven't actually changed. When you change your perception of others, you change the interaction between you and them, you also change yourself. You create and attract everything into your experience, including your interactions with people. Your perception of others creates who they are towards you, so by changing your perception of them it changes