COMST 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Active Listening, Loaded Language, Belief Perseverance
10 Oct 2017
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Decoding messages: listening and perception: we think through communication, perception is subjective. Selective attention: perceptions change from moment to moment. We can only pay attention to one aspect at a time: cocktail party effect. Inability to see an object or a person in our midst. Interpret stimuli: evaluate interpretations, respond, store, different from hearing, ex: what am i the only one who takes out the trash, hearing: attend, answer, listening: attend, interpret, evaluate. Listening is effortful: better job/school performance, better partner, attention, focus on stimuli, voluntary, reading a book. Improving attention: consider goal, biased expectations lead to poor listening, forewarning in persuasive appeals. I"(cid:373) go(cid:374)(cid:374)a (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)i(cid:374)(cid:272)e you o(cid:374) (cid:449)hy the legal dri(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g age should (cid:271)e. Interpretation: assign meaning, schemata, mental scripts, building blocks of interpretation, personal prototypes- stereotypes, personal constructs, athletic, aggressive, young, characteristics can be viewed subjective, mindlessness, cognitive miser, recall copy room study, rely on schemas.
