Channels
Noise
Perception
Components
Miscellaneous
200

You meet up with your friend at a restaurant so you can tell her about your new job. 

What is Face-to-Face? 

200

You're doing homework, and your next-door neighbor is mowing the lawn. 

What is Physical Noise? 

200

You see your classmate laughing while they're using their phone, so you assume they're having a fun conversation. Which part of the perception process is this?

What is interpretation? 

200

You ask your mom, "What would you like from the store?" she responds back," Can you bring me 2% milk, please?" In this scenario, your mom is this ___, and you are the ___? 

What is Sender & Receiver? 

200
You're not going to talk to your professor the same way you would talk to your bestfriend. 

What is Context?

400

A popular type of communication that involves sending messages from one cell phone to another. 

What is Texting? 

400

You're trying to focus during an important meeting, but your persistent headache and the ringing in your ears make it difficult to understand the discussion fully.

What is Physiological Noise? 

400

Your mom is telling you to clean your room, and you tune her out, but you hear every word your best friend says to you when they complain about their partner. Which part of the perception process is this?

What is Selection?

400

Bringing your Girlfriend Flowers.

What is Message?

400

Issac goes to church wearing nice clothes and doesn't swear to the pastor. 

What is appropriate? 

600

A type of communication that involves speaking to another individual over the phone. 

What is Phone Call?

600

When your negative feelings towards someone make it difficult to process their message, even when they are speaking directly to you.  

What is Psychological Noise?

600

You assume you will like your Broadway director because your theater teachers in high school were flexible and fun. Which part of the perception process is this?

What is Organization (grouping stimuli into meaningful units through closure, proximity, and similarity)? 

600

You're asking your teacher if you're allowed to go to the bathroom, she nods her head. 

What is Feedback?

600

Your mom wants you to pick up milk and gives you all the details you will need to get the milk she wants and you brought back the right milk. 

What is Effective?

800

Your friend posts a photo online so you comment on their post. 

What is Social Media? 

800

You're in class listening to your professor discuss tonight's assignment, but you can't concentrate because your classmate is trying to talk to you 

What is Physical Noise?

800

You and your partner disagree on how to raise your child, and you try to understand where they are coming from while they explain their reasoning. What type of perception is this?

What is Active?

800

Telling someone to "Stop" if you see a car coming their way. 


What is Code?

800

Two people are talking about their favorite movie; which model of communication is this? 

What is Transactional? 

1000

How would you contact your professor? 

What is Email?


1000

The type of noise is caused by a physical condition, such as hearing loss, headaches, or other bodily disturbances that interfere with effective message reception.

What is Physiological Noise?

1000

You and your best friend got into a fight this morning, and because you are angry at them, you are easily irritated in class that day. What type of perception is this?

What is Subjective?

1000

Your mom asked you to buy cereal from the store, so you bought Cheerios because she usually buys that brand. 

What is Encoding & Decoding?

1000

Every time Karla goes to the gym, something bad always occurs. So now she associates the gym with something bad happening. 

What is Perceptual Constancy?