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Which of the following is not true regarding the perceptual process in communication?
a. In business communication, conventions are always in place.
b. Expectations affect our perceptions.
c. We "understand" before we experience.
d. Selection is one very important part of perception and awareness.
e. Selection has two main parts: external cues and internal processing. - ANSWER e.
Selection has two main parts: external cues and internal processing.
Part of the solution to grasp the readers' attention in business writing lies in your
ability to help the reader select the key point or bit of information that will lead to
"_____" instead of "no, thanks." a. why me?
b. how to?
c. when?
d. where?
e. what else? - ANSWER e. what else?
_____ is both information we choose to pay attention to and information that we
choose to ignore, or that is unavailable to us.
a. Perceptual constancy
b. Selective retention
c. Selective exposure
d. Selective distortion
e. Synesthesia - ANSWER c. Selective exposure
_____ is the process of sorting information into logical categories or series.
a. Selective perception
b. Organization
c. Selective processing
d. Classification
e. Sequencing - ANSWER b. Organization
According to _____, context matters, and the whole is greater than the sum of the
parts.
a. context theory
b. form perception
c. space perception
d. Jung's hypothesis
e. Gestalt theory - ANSWER e. Gestalt theory
, One of the Gestalt principles, _____, refers to the perceptual organization of
information based on the physical relationship of space to objects.
a. proximity
b. spatial organization
c. continuity
d. symmetry
e. sequencing - ANSWER a. proximity
One of the Gestalt principles, _____, refers to drawing connections between things
that occur in sequence. a. sequencing
b. temporal organization
c. logical flow organization
d. continuity
e. proximity - ANSWER d. continuity
Our tendency to like things to be orderly and to see lines and movement where
none exist is attributed to the Gestalt principle of _____.
a. continuity
b. proximity
c. interconnectivity
d. variability
e. completion - ANSWER a. continuity
One of the Gestalt principles, _____, is a tendency to use previous knowledge to fill in
the gaps in an incomplete idea or picture. a. symmetry
b. closure
c. completion
d. connecting the dots
e. holism - ANSWER b. closure
Which of the following is not true about Gestalt principles?
a. Gestalt principles apply not only to images or objects.
b. Gestalt principles apply only to ideas and concepts.
c. According to Gestalt principles, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
d. According to Gestalt principles, context matters.
e. According to Gestalt principles, you yourself play a role in that perception of
organization. - ANSWER b. Gestalt principles apply only to ideas and concepts.
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