How Can You Improve the Way You Encode and Decode

question 31

Essay

How can you improve the way you encode and decode nonverbal messages? Identify at
least three strategies for encoding and three for decoding that will most benefit you as a communicator.

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Definitions:

Autobiographical Memories

The aspect of memory that pertains to recollections of personal experiences that occurred at specific times and places in one's life.

Deese/Roediger-McDermott Paradigm

A psychological experiment method demonstrating how easy it is to induce false memories by presenting lists of related words and later suggesting a word not actually presented.

Autobiographical Memories

Memories of one's own life experiences, encompassing both episodic (specific events) and semantic (general knowledge and facts about one’s life) components.