Assumption+of+similarities


 * Assumption of similarities **

Assumption of similarities for a High Fiver could become a problem. Though many of the people within the organization have experienced a traumatic moment of their own or through a close relationship assuming that the others’ experience is the same or even similar is unfair. Two people from the same background can experience the same trauma and have two totally different experiences. “The confidence that comes with the myth of similarity is much stronger than with the assumption of differences, the latter requiring tentative assumptions and behaviors and a willingness to accept the anxiety of not knowing. Only with the assumption of differences, however, can reactions and interpretations be adjusted to fit what is happening. Without it one is likely to misread signs and symbols, judge the scene ethnocentrically.” (Barna, 1994)