Feeling tired or hungry is an example of physical noise

__________ is the study of patterns and rules people follow when using language including speech acts, conversational rules, and contextual rules

a. Pragmatics b. Syntax c. Semantics d. Phonology

One individual factor that influences our perceptual process is the tendency to view and interpret the world in consistent ways, generally as optimistic or pessimistic. This factor is known as what?

a. outlook b. emotional state c. knowledge d. construct