Before communicating, the sender must encode the idea that he or she wants to communicate, or put it into some form or code that he or she hopes the other person can understand.

Question

Before communicating, the sender must encode the idea that he or she wants to communicate, or put it into some form or code that he or she hopes the other person can understand. 
True or False

Reed · Answer

This makes no sense at all. False, I guess.

PsyDAG · Answer

Definitely true. We each have a code book (language, etc.) that we use. We need to use that to communicate, hoping that the receiver has a code book that can decode your message. Check out this article:

http://drdavespsychologypage.homestead.com/Communication_Confusion.pdf