Chapter 2: How We Perceive Ourselves And Others

Question 1

Cognitive process that helps us make sense of the world

Answer 1

Perception

Question 2

How we gather, organize, and evaluate the information we receive

Answer 2

Communication processing

Question 3

Mental structures were used to connect bits of information together

Answer 3

Schemas

Question 4

How people change their perception of someone else as they spend more time together

Answer 4

Interaction appearance theory

Question 5

A passive response to information

Answer 5

Mindlessness

Question 6

Mindlessness is corrected by this, and it helps us focus on the task at hand

Answer 6

Mindfulness

Question 7

Allows biased to influence our thoughts

Answer 7

Selective perception

Question 8

Allows other sources too much say

Answer 8

Undue influence

Question 9

When we need to explain why someone says or does something in a manner that does not fit our Schemas

Answer 9

Attributions

Question 10

Explains our tendency to assume that another person’s wrong behavior stems from an internal flaw

Answer 10

Fundamental attribution error

Question 11

Attributes our own failures to external causes

Answer 11

Self – serving bias

Question 12

The failure to see beyond our own beliefs and circumstances

Answer 12

Cultural myopia

Question 13

Generalizing about people

Answer 13

Stereotyping

Question 14

L will toward a particular group and a sense of one’s own superiority

Answer 14

Prejudice

Question 15

We think we are

Answer 15

Self-concept

Question 16

How we feel about ourselves in a particular situation

Answer 16

Self esteem

Question 17

The ability to predict our effectiveness and it communication situation

Answer 17

Self efficacy

Question 18

Whereby we change our behavior in ways that make our prediction more likely to come true

Answer 18

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 19

Assessing our communication effectiveness when it’s high-performance

Answer 19

Self actualization

Question 20

Assessing our communication effectiveness when it’s adequate performance

Answer 20

Self adequacy

Question 21

Assessing our communication effectiveness when it’s poor performance

Answer 21

Self-denigration

Question 22

Intentional communication design to let others know about ourselves

Answer 22

Self presentation

Question 23

The tendency to watch our environment and others in it for cues as to how to present ourselves

Answer 23

Self-monitoring

Question 24

Sharing important information about ourselves

Answer 24

Self disclosure