There are several types of interference that can disrupt communication, including physical, physiological, psychological, and semantic interference. Physical interference comes from external noise like loud music or construction. Physiological interference stems from hearing or speech impairments. Psychological interference involves biases, prejudices or strong emotions. Semantic interference occurs when people use different language or have cultural misunderstandings that lead to different interpretations of meanings. All of these interferences can distract or prevent full understanding between the sender and receiver of a message.
There are several types of interference that can disrupt communication, including physical, physiological, psychological, and semantic interference. Physical interference comes from external noise like loud music or construction. Physiological interference stems from hearing or speech impairments. Psychological interference involves biases, prejudices or strong emotions. Semantic interference occurs when people use different language or have cultural misunderstandings that lead to different interpretations of meanings. All of these interferences can distract or prevent full understanding between the sender and receiver of a message.
There are several types of interference that can disrupt communication, including physical, physiological, psychological, and semantic interference. Physical interference comes from external noise like loud music or construction. Physiological interference stems from hearing or speech impairments. Psychological interference involves biases, prejudices or strong emotions. Semantic interference occurs when people use different language or have cultural misunderstandings that lead to different interpretations of meanings. All of these interferences can distract or prevent full understanding between the sender and receiver of a message.
There are several types of interference that can disrupt communication, including physical, physiological, psychological, and semantic interference. Physical interference comes from external noise like loud music or construction. Physiological interference stems from hearing or speech impairments. Psychological interference involves biases, prejudices or strong emotions. Semantic interference occurs when people use different language or have cultural misunderstandings that lead to different interpretations of meanings. All of these interferences can distract or prevent full understanding between the sender and receiver of a message.
INTERFERENCE IN COMMUNICATION According to Devito (2009), there are several types of "noise,,-that might interfere with the communication process: o Physicalinterference; o Physiologicalinterference; o Psychological interference; and o Semanticinterference.
These interferences or noise may distract and prevent the receiver from payrng full attention to the message. IAtrhen this happens, the message may not ue neara and interpreted fully or correctly. Similarly, interferenc"t to lose -iy cause the speaker concentration and this can lead to incompiete or urr6r,"o.r, communication on the part of the sender. As a result, receivers will interpret the messages wrongly and not as intended by the speaker.
2,4.1 Physical Interference
This kind of interference is external and outside the control of both the speaker and the receiver. It affects the physical transmission of the message. Exampies are noise disturbances like loud music (Figure 2.10), the sound of traffic from a busy road_, static coming from a faulty loudspeaker system, or loud drilling from a nearby construction site.
Figure 2.10: Loud music
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2.4.2 Physiological lnterference
These are barriers to communication due to physiological challenges on the part of the speaker or the receiver. The speaker oi receiv"i *uy be heiring-impaired, have speech articulation problems, or suffer from short-term memorri lori. Err"., 36 TOPIC 2 ORAL COMMUNICATION;SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES
ifa speaker delivers his message clearly and loudly, a listener who has hearing problems will not be able to understand and receive the message fully. On the other hand, if a sender speaks with a lisp and cannot pronounce the /r / and /s/ sounds properly, the listener may not be able to understand what has been said.
2.4.3 Psychological Interference
This type of interference stems from the mental makeup of the receiver or sender, and irrcludes biases, prejudices, narrow-mindedness, and extreme emotional behaviour. For example, if you are emotionally distracted or Preoccupied, you may find it hard to understand a message. Feelings like anger or hatred may also interfere with how you interpret a message'
2.4.4 Semantic Interference
These barriers include language, dialectal and cultural differences. When these interferences are present, the speaker and listener operate on different meaning systems. What the speaker says can be interpreted differently, thus resulting in misunderstanding. A computer analyst may use the word "motlse" to refer to the device used to navigate a computer screen. FIowever, a computer illiterate person may interpret the word "mouse" to be a rodent (see Figure 2.11and2.12).
