Which of the Following Is True of Perception

question 61

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of perception?

• A) Perceptual processes primarily involve withholding, ignoring, or distorting information.
• B) Perception is subjective because people's self-interested motives and attitudes toward the sender and the message bias their interpretations.
• C) Communication becomes ineffective when people incorporate others' perspectives into their interpretation of issues.
• D) The human tendencies to perceive subjectively underlie much of the effective communication.
• E) As a result of perception, it can be assumed that the other person exactly means what a receiver thinks he or she means.

Understand the considerations for creating documents for multicultural audiences.

Identify the variables "on the surface" that can affect cross-cultural communication.

Understand the importance of audience analysis in document creation.

Learn the impact of individual characteristics, such as education, on audience analysis.

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Definitions:

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