Human Communication Chapter 3 >> Listening , Chapter 6 >> Non verbal communication

Every day we are listening to all around our family, friends, teachers, strangers, and even listen to music also belongs. I can't imagine if we live without listening. According to the International Listening Association, listing is "the process of receiving, construing meaning from, and responding to spoken and or non-verbal massages" (Emmert, 1994). Therefore, listening to what others say is a sign of respect and courtesy. It is feeling good when someone remember something you said. Whether it was something from yesterday, a week ago or .... It's just like " Wow, you actually listen to me."  I Love that feeling !

Nonverbal communication is communication without words. Everyday, we respond to thousand on nonverbal cues an behavior including postures, facial expression, eye gaze, gesture, and tone of voice. Nonverbal detail reveal who we are and impact how we relate to other people. For example, a look of surprise is easily identified by its widened eyes and gaping mouth. When something unexpected occurs, our eyes widen and our pupils grow in order t take in our surrounding more fully and react more quickly.

Human Communication Chapter 2 >> Perception

Perception is the impression that other give you and what you project to other. Perception is a continuous process of life. Here are the three perception process : (1) Sensory stimulation occurs ; (2) Sensory stimulation is organized ; (3) Sensory stimulation is interpreted-evaluated. For example, you recognize your favourite food by its aroma and the way it look. You recognize a watermelon by it round shape, citrus flavour and so on. It is through these sensory experiences that we interact with and interpret things in our world. Interpreting and recognizing sensory information, such as such and smells, are all a part of perception.

The Lecturer have showed some picture that have mystery inside the picture like below :

Three or Four ?

You can see how many people ?

What is the Halo Effect? Our first impression of the attractiveness of an individual affect how we view that person holistically. This is a phenomenon known as the halo effect. For example, a tall or good-looking person will be perceived as being intelligent and trustworthy, even thought there is no logical reason to believe that height or look correlate with smarts and honesty. Therefore, in my opinion the first impression is very important.

Human Communication Chapter 1

To be honest I do not like the presentation or self-introduction in-front of everybody. It make me feel scared and nervous to face everyone so that Human Communication is a one that likely new to me. From the lecture class I have learn about the area of human communication: intrapersonal communication, interpersonal communication, small group & organization communication, public communication, mass communication. In fact, I'm more interested in intrapersonal communication. This is because though intrapersonal communication  I talk with, learn about, and judge myself. It is can also help for improving problem solving, increasing self-control, reducing stress and some more. 

Culture is everything that members of that group have produced and developed  — their way of behaving and ways of thinking and so on. For example, showing the thumb held upwards means in Latin American, especially Brazil, but also in many other countries "everything's OK", while it is understood in some Islamic countries as well as Sardinia as a rude sexual sign. Furthermore, the sign of thumb up may signify the number "one" in France and a few other central European countries. 

Before the lecturer end the class he has asked us a question was about a group of deaf and mute & a group of blind, how can they communicate? The lecturer was answer that they sent a message through a third person to help actually the answer was surprise me. I hope the next lessons would be more interesting.