Journal 3 Communication Due 2/9/00 Perceptual Accentuation is almost a state of mind, it when you really want to believe something so bad that sometimes you can actually picture it. People who are really thirsty can picture an oasis in the desert. This is an extreme case but it goes to show how real and powerful this can be. This effects us all whether we know it or not. Perceptual accentuation is also created when we want …showed first 75 words of 418 total…

…showed last 75 words of 418 total…wanted to believe that I had not flipped it that I even convinced myself in the story. I went into details and did everything I could not to let him what I had done. By the time I was done talking I had forgot that I actually did roll it over. I got so caught up in the story; explained exactly how I wished it happened that I even for I did it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**