04:189:101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Holding Hands, 8 Mm Video Format, Multiple Choice

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication and Informatio
• Course: 04:189:101
• Professor: Nick Linardopoulos

Document Summary

An important, inherent part to the communication process is receiving information (remember?) Information reception is: active and complex, difficult to retain for long periods of time, possible with practice. Information selection: we select certain messages and disregard others, hearing: receiving information and being physically able to hear the message, listening: when you pay attention and really understand the message, motivations for selecting noises and sounds: Wouldn"t be able to concentrate if we weren"t continuously selecting message: selective attention (we attend to messages and select certain ones) Recall: the deliberate action to remember information. Recognition: you don"t need to really make an effort in remembering something. We have characteristics and backgrounds that influence how we select, interpret, and retain messages. These include our needs, attitudes, beliefs, values, and goals, among others. Maslow"s hierarchy of needs: we will choose messages depending on our needs, most basic needs are at the bottom. Perceptions that we have and that guide us in our lives.