COMM 3620 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fundamental Attribution Error, Interpersonal Communication, Robin Thicke
8 May 2016
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Cognition: refers to the mental processes involved in gaining knowledge and comprehension. The biological processes, the thoughts were thinking, how we are absorbing stimuli in environment. Perception: process by which a person filters and interprets information to create a meaningful picture of the world. How we make sense of all the stimuli that is around us so we can see how to behave and act. The role of perception in interpersonal communication: one person performs a communicative action, partner perceives and interprets the message, based on perceptions, the partner reacts. A lot of this we don"t notice that we are doing, it just happens. Without doc saying anything, he moves his pen ad makes eye contact with chair. The patient knows to move to the chair. 3. interpretation selection: involves directing attention to a subset of sensory information based on: point of view: if your behind you can but not if you are in front of them.
