One concept that stood out to me was the Psychological Model, which is a psychological process in communications that involves two or more people who exchange meaning through transmission and reception of communication stimuli.
One sender or receive encodes an idea through translating it within the message, thinking that the second person will be able to decode that message. Once the message is sent it travels a channel to its destination (the other person). Once the message is decoded the received, in return, gives feedback to the sender.
But this process is not as simple as we would all like it to be. Many things may get in the way of the message being interpreted properly. One of these problems may be noise. This affects the message while on its channel. This may make the message difficult for the received to interpret, which could lead to problems.
One example (similar to the books), is in one of my classes there is a lot of wind outside the window. Because the room is old the wind becomes extremely loud inside the classroom. This makes it very difficult to concentrate or actually hear what my professor is saying, making the lecture hard to interpret.
This is interesting to me, because (I’m not sure why) but I tend to misinterpret messages pretty often. Now I can just blame it on the “noise”, but I guess only people who study communications will get my joke ☺.
Have a great weekend!
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ReplyDeleteyou are right with the psychological model, it is hard to decode other people's messages, not only through noies but from other factors such as what you are feeling towards them or other things that may be on your mind at that time. Or if you think that a certain face expression means one thing to you but the other to the sender, it can get a little bit confusing. I liked your example of the wind in the classroom because these days have been really windy, and it is very hard to have a conversation during class with all the noise. Or even if you are watching a movie and there is lots of people talking or their phones going off, little things can totally change and ruin what the original message was.
Hello Imagine Peace! I suspect you are referring to the constant high pitched 'wind' sound you hear in the HGH building.
ReplyDeleteDo you think a receiver can truly decode a message as it was intended to be sent?
Hi Professor,
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Yes, I took a class in HGH over the winter and it was horrible. I would sit next to the window which was even worst.
As for decoding a message, I feel the relationship between the sender and receiver plays a big role in a how a message is received. For example, I have a weird sense of humor. I can say something to my best friend, my sister, or just someone who get my sense of humor and they may decode it as it was meant. But the same message can be sent to someone who doesn't understand my communication style or sense of humor and may decode the message totally different then it was intended.
Have a great weekend!