CMN 1148 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Cocktail Party, Information Overload, Active Listening
20 Dec 2016
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Hearing: physical process that occurs when the eardrum absorbs sound vibrations and send the sensations to the brain. Listening: mental process that involves interpreting messages that others have transmitted. Selecting: process of focussing on certain stimuli and ignoring others. Cocktail party effect: the ability to pay attention to what matters to us in any given situation. Ex. hearing your boarding call in a busy airport. Understanding: the process of assigning meaning to the stimuli we have selected, we decode sounds into a meaningful pattern, influenced by . Inference: educated guess when we do not have all the necessary information, based on prior knowledge and experience. Cognitive complexity: the capacity to use a number of viewpoint to make sense of complex information. Responding: the process of providing feedback to show that understanding has occurred. Information overload and multitasking: when we complete 2 complex activities at once, we dedicate less brain power to each.
