Chapter 2

Question 0

Attribution

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The process of attaching meaning

Question 1

Androgynous

Answer 1

Combining both masculine and feminine

Question 2

Empathy

Answer 2

The ability to project oneself into another person’s point of view so as to experience the other’s thoughts and feelings

Question 3

Face

Answer 3

the socially approved identity that a communicator tries to present

Question 4

Facework

Answer 4

Verbal and nonverbal behavior designed to create and maintain a communicator’s face and the face of others

Question 5

Gender

Answer 5

Socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities and attributes that a society considers appropriate for men and women

Question 6

Identity Management

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Strategies used by communicators to influence the way others view them

Question 7

Interpretation

Answer 7

The perceptual process of attaching meaning to stimuli that have previously been selected and organized

Question 8

Narrative

Answer 8

The stories people create and use to make sense of their personal worlds

Question 9

Organization

Answer 9

The perceptual process of organizing stimuli into patterns

Question 10

Perceived Self

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The person we believe ourselves to be in moments of candor. It may be identical to or different from the presenting and ideal selves

Question 11

Perception Checking

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A three-part method for verifying the accuracy of interpretations, including a description of the sense data, two possible interpretations and a request for confirmation of the interpretations

Question 12

Personality

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The set of enduring characteristics that define a person’s temperment thought processes and social behavior

Question 13

Presenting Self

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The image a person presents to others. It may be identical to or different from the perceived and ideal selves

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Reflected Appraisal

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The influence of others on one’s self-concept

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Selection

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The perceptual act of attending to some stimuli in the environment and ignoring others

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Self-Concept

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The relatively stable set of perceptions each individual holds of himself or herself

Question 17

Self-esteem

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The part of the self-concept that involves evaluations of self-worth

Question 18

Self-fulfilling prophecy

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A prediction or expectation of an event that makes the outcome more likely to occur than would otherwise have been the case

Question 19

Self-serving bias

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The tendency to interpret and explain information in a way that casts the perceiver in the most favorable manner

Question 20

Sex

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A biological category such as male, female or intersexed

Question 21

Significant other

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A person whose opinion is important enough to affect one’s self-concept strongly

Question 22

Stereotyping

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The perceptual process of applying exaggerated beliefs associated with a categorizing system

Question 23

Sympathy

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Compassion for another’s situation