What is Communication?

To perceive, to interpret, and to relate our perception and interpretation to what we already know.

• understanding

• processing

• sharing

• meaning

What type of barrier is described? The gesture of an Indian woman offering a Namaste to a Western counterpart without shaking his hand may be construed as a insult if the westerner doesn’t know that Namaste is a Indian form of welcome and traditional Indian women do not shake hands or touch strangers.

• cultural

• physical

• physiological

• information overload

What type of barrier is described?  Closed doors, outdated equipment or poor lighting could distort or change the impact of a message

• cultural

• physical

• physiological

• information overload

What type of barrier is described? Poor eyesight, deafness and uncontrolled body movement. 

• cultural

• physical

• physiological

• information overload

When you respond to the source/sender, intentionally or unintentionally.

• feedback

• barrier

• channel

• retort

The atmosphere, physical and psychological, where you send and receive messages.

• context

• criteria

• environment

• interference

This is all about what people expect from each other, and we often create those expectations out of environmental cues. This involves the setting, scene, and expectations of the individuals involved. If you are doing something sketchy and someone asks what you are doing, you react specifically because of those certain circumstances you find yourself in. 

• context

• criteria

• rational circle

• interference

This is what happens when your thoughts occupy your attention while you are hearing, or reading, a message.

• physical noise

• feedback

• psychological noise

• impression

One who imagines, creates, and sends the message.

• source

• channel

• medium

• receiver

ESSAY QUESTION:

Imagine (or explain from real life) a scenario as a student where you have struggled to "tune in" for your class lecture or discussion. Identify TWO SPECIFIC things that occur that might interfere and tell WHICH CATEGORY of "barrier" to communication they would fall under. Why would these two identified issues affect your ability to listen? What could you do about it, if anything?