One person might think the argument began when someone raised their voice, while the other thinks it started earlier with something that was said or ignored. Each person has a different perception and each person has a feeling of being "right". It also connects to the earlier idea of organizing information, since people are structuring events in different ways.

This connects to how I make decisions based on prior experiences. An example of this is how I communicate with different people. Some forms of communication work better for others and I can take the experience and lack of feedback to know which works for which person. This explains why in some classes some ways of studying work and others do not, so we have to adjust which classes we study for in which way.

I see this idea in the gym all the time. When you are near a machine, using it or not, if someone wants to use it, they assume you are using it and ask before they jump on. The process of the brain making assumptions based on proximity can also cause issues when it leads to incorrect judgements. Misunderstandings from proximity assumptions can be used in stereotyping and potentially viewed as judgmental.

This explains why when I have certain trigger words that catch my attention immediately or certain tones that peak my interest more than others. For example at work, I can drown out almost anything, but if someone says my name or if a customer raises there voice or starts speaking harshly, I immediately lock into that. This is also an explanation how businesses advertise to the clientele they want to attract. Children's advertisements use bright loud advertisements while business advertisments use sleek neutral descriptors.

This definition reminds me of work in many ways. I work in a pharmacy and there is no possible way I could process every sound or movement that happens around me at all times. I focus on the task that I have at the moment and that is what has my attention until someone either asks a question or something outside of what I am doing becomes of more need. This definition explains how people can be doing the same thing but experiencing it differently.

Communication goes back and forth and it is a two-way street. Conversations I have usually involve two or more people interested in the topic discussed and feedback is usually provided. The feedback provided usually is what can keep the conversation going, but lack of feedback can destroy communication and cause a breakdown between two people. Feedback can be anything from head-nodding to texting back to giving hugs and expressing verbally.

Noise is usually thought of as loud and obnoxious when unwanted, but noise can be anything that disrupts communication. When it comes to daily life I have many conversations where I am having a conversation and I feel my phone vibrate and it pulls me from the conversation for even a split second. The vibration is not a sound and it is not annoying, yet it is noise because it pulled me from the conversation I am having. Noise can cause communication to break down so easily.

I can relate to this in daily life because every day I have conversations where I will format things in my head, and they do not come out as I mean them to. Also, there are situations where people say things to me and I have to take a few seconds to decode what they said to format the appropriate response. This shows that communication is not just about saying something or having a thought, but the way you express it matters.

I think this is very interesting because we usually think of communication mostly in a social or educational setting, but communication can be used to also save lives and solve problems. For example, I am in the Army, and in the Army, we have a special form of communication we use to prevent enemies from understanding what we are saying if our communication gets intercepted. This ties to the chapters idea that communication evolves over time. Even today it is still evolving through different forms of social media like Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter.

This basically says that communication is not just talking, but it can include actions, facial expressions, technology, and emotions. This also says that communication is not just sending communication it's receiving and understanding it too. I relate in this many ways because I have had many conversations where even if I say something very clear, my facial expressions or body language could be misunderstood. A specific example can include me telling someone that their shirt is pretty but saying it with lack of enthusiasm or having a naturally sarcastic tone can cause them to think I do not mean it.