UNIT 2 BASICS OF COMMUNICATION WGU C464 2025 UPDATE

UNIT 2 BASICS OF COMMUNICATION WGU C464
2025 UPDATE


Selective Perception
An inclination to see, hear and believe what we want to see, hear and
believe.




Organization
How we group information into meaningful units to make further sense
out of the information.




Closure
Ability to fill in missing info to complete perception.




Attribution Error
Occurs when, in interpreting our own or other's behavior, we rely on
faulty explanations, reasons or information.




Fundamental Attribution Error

, Mistakes we make when we attribute other people's positive
characteristics and successes as a result of external/situational factors
and negative characteristics or failures to aspects of who they are.




Phase# 1 Deciding on the Message
Sender selects message to send to receiver(s) to achieve a desired
outcome.




Phase #2 Encoding the Message
Translate ideas into communication symbols appropriate for the
message and receiver.




Phase# 3 Transmitting the Message
Message is sent from sender to receiver using a particular channel.




Phase #4 Perceiving the Message
Receiver detects that a message has been sent, he or she attends to it
in some fashion.