COMM001: Principles Of Human Communication

1.4: Perception and Impression Management

• Fox Valley Technical College: Mary Brignall's "The Perception Process"

  Work through the interactive reading, completing the summary activity and watching the media clips.  This interactive reading explains interpretation in the common three-step process of perception.
  

• Fox Valley Technical College: Mary Brignall's "Selection: The First Stage of the Perception Process"

  Work through the interactive reading, completing the summary activity and watching the media clips. This interactive reading explains selection in the common three-step process of perception.
  

• Fox Valley Technical College: Mary Brignall's "Organization: The Second Stage of the Perception Process"

  Work through the interactive reading, completing the summary activity and watching the media clips. This interactive reading explains organization in the common three-step process of perception.
  

• University of Notre Dame's OpenCourseWare: Jessica Collett's "Class 14: Impression Management” Page

  Read these lecture notes for a summary of impression management.  This chapter discusses impression management, also known as identity management.  This is how you manage your identity when you engage in communication transactions with others.  Impression management goes hand-in-hand with the perception process as important components of human communication.