COMM 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Jargon, Extraversion And Introversion, Blabbermouth.Net
10 Nov 2017
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Perception: refers to the process of making sense of or attaching meaning to some aspect of reality that has been apprehended by the senses, choosing, selecting and distorting all that they take in and assign. Salient characteristics: central traits that serve as a dominant attribute around which people construct a pattern of initial impressions. Audience form potentially inaccurate,prejudicial impressions based solely on a speaker"s co culture identity or physical appearance. Body shape appears to influence how people perceive others: silhouettes of the three body types ii. iii. i. ii, the impact of stereotypes, endomorphs , mesomorphs . (athletic,firm, muscular: warm hearted, talkative and lazy i. i. i, ectomorphs . Rated as tense, ambitious, suspicious, and stubborn: height is also indicator that affects first impressions. Involves encoding and sending verbal and nonverbal a. messages to others about what kind of person you are.
