CMST 1150 Study Guide - Final Guide: Respect Diversity, Ethnocentrism, Olfaction
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It"s as accurate as the information you get. Objectivity: lack of bias, judgment, or prejudice. Evidence is independent: should speak for itself. Outside forces contribute to human behavior (do not cause) Selection: we notice things that stand out because they are intense or reader, reality is constructed socially and personally, elements of interpretation. Goals: to explain and critique: communication theory as an area within the communication studies discipline, problems with casual human observation and explanation of communication behaviors, research methods (know types and which ones used by comm. Know the definition/conception of the following: perception (know the 3 stages) unusual, education makes us notice things we previously didn"t. If we want something bad enough we may perceive it"s there, even when it"s not: we don"t perceive randomly; instead, we organize our perceptions in meaningful ways. Nonverbal communication [k. filbel lecture; wood (cm) ch. Includes all aspects of communication other than words.
