Question

If you are preoccupied with a big school project while your roommate is trying to tell you about a fight she had with her boyfriend, what kind of "noise" are you experiencing?

Answer 1

The type of noise experienced is psychological noise.

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 4 major types of noise:

1. Physical noise
2. Physiologic noise
3. Psychological noise
4. Semantic noise

In Psychologic noise, there is a mental interference and in this case, the mental focus attempted at being achieved for the school project is interfered with. Though the discussion is a topic that could normally be discussed by the roommates, the timing of the discussion is wrong and constitutes noise.