Effective Communication Skills: The Conscious Mind in Perception

Take a key step toward talking more effectively by analyzing how you see things-the brain’s “reality management” process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting incoming data. Grasp the pitfalls inherent in the brain’s reliance on existing schemas and even stereotypes to make the process more efficient. This lecture, presented by Dalton Kehoe, is from the Effective Communication Skills series. Effective Communication Skills is your chance to learn more about how you communicate verbally, the common problems you can encounter in doing so, and how you can improve your own effectiveness—especially by overcoming the psychological and biological hard-wiring that often gets in the way of success. These 24 mind-opening lectures by Professor Dalton Kehoe, packed with the tools and strategies you need, are a powerful exploration of what’s really going on in any conversation you take part in.