These Rules Specify How to Interpret Different Kinds of Communication

question 52

Multiple Choice

These rules specify how to interpret different kinds of communication. We learn what counts as respect (paying attention) , friendliness (smiles or smiley emoticons in online communication) , affection (kisses, hugs) , and professionalism (punctuality, competence) .

• A) intuitive
• B) constitutive
• C) comparative
• D) regulative
• E) constructive

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Definitions:

Stimuli

External or internal factors that elicit a physiological or psychological response.

Prosopagnosia

A condition in the nervous system where individuals cannot recognize faces, known as face blindness.

Bottom-up Processing

An approach to information processing based on incoming data from the environment to form a perception.

Transduction

The process of converting one form of energy into another, such as transforming stimuli from the environment into neural signals.