All the time, whether I'm talking to my friends or family, I have to interpret the messages they are sending to either me or someone else. When I am talking to one of my friends I have to think about what they say and then come up with a response for them. Are there times when someone says something to you, you think about it, and then go, "What?" This happens to me all the time. I either don't know what they are talking about or I am confused with what they just told me. Another example is if someone gives me a mean or dirty look then I would probably think that they are mad at me. When a message is sent to you, either nonverbally or verbally, you must decipher what the sender is telling you which is called decoding.
It is very important to be careful what you say and how you say it. I think it's best to think twice before you say something, becaue then you can usually catch yourself in case you say something offensive or inappropriate. If everyone said what they thought of at the top of their head right away, I'm thinking it probably wouldn't be a good thing. However, many people do it and it's annonying. The choice you make and the things you think about before you say something is apart of the process of encoding.
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