chapter 2 - perception of self and others lecs

Question 1

who we believe ourselves and others to be

Answer 1

social perception

Question 2

the process of selectively attending and assigning meaning to information

Answer 2

perception

Question 3

although we are constanly expose to a barrage of sensory stimuli, we focus our attention on relatively little of it

Answer 3

attention and selection

Question 4

because we cannot focus on everything we see and hear all the time, we choose what stimuli

Answer 4

needs
interest
expectations

Question 5

using the principles of simplicity and pattern

Answer 5

organization

Question 6

breaking down complex stimuli into some commonly recognized form

Answer 6

simplicity

Question 7

the brain also makes sense of complex stimuli by relating them to things it already recognizes

Answer 7

pattern

Question 8

as the brain selects and organizes information, it also assigns meaning to it

Answer 8

interpretation

Question 9

a subconscious approach to making sense of what we encounter

Answer 9

automatic processing

Question 10

short-cut rules of thumb for understanding how to perceive something based on past experiences

Answer 10

heuristics

Question 11

a slow deliberative process of examining and reflecting about the stimuli

Answer 11

conscious processing

Question 12

the overall view we have of ourselves, which includes both our self-concept and self-esteem

Answer 12

self-perception

Question 13

the perception we have of our skills ,abilities, knowledge, compenecies, and personalities

Answer 13

self-concept

Question 14

the evaluation we make about our personal worthiness based on our self concept

Answer 14

self-esteem

Question 15

they are critical to forming our self-concept

Answer 15

personal experiences

Question 16

two more ways that shape our self-concept

Answer 16

people’s comments and feedback

Question 17

what we would like to be

Answer 17

ideal self-concept

Question 18

the use of technology and social media to harass others in a deliberate, repeated, and hostile manner

Answer 18

cyberbullyinh

Question 19

based on the beliefs tath traits and abilities are internal to the person and are universally applicable to all situations

Answer 19

independent self-perceptions

Question 20

based on the belief that traits and abilities are specific to a particular context or relationship

Answer 20

interdependent self-percepiton

Question 21

a gap between self-perception and reality

Answer 21

incogruence

Question 22

an inaccurate percepiton of a skill, characteristic, or situation that leads to behavior that perpetuate that false perception as true

Answer 22

self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 23

our self perceptions can also become distorted through the way we filter what others say to use

Answer 23

filtering messages

Question 24

we tend to pay attention to messages that reinforce our self-perception, and downplay or ignore message that contradict this image

Answer 24

filtering messgaes

Question 25

another way self-perception can become distoreted is through our interpretation of what we see on television, in the movies, and in popular magazines

Answer 25

media images

Question 26

the internal conversations we have with ourselves in our thoughts

Answer 26

self-talk

Question 27

phenomenon of presenting different aspects of our self-concepts based on the situation and people involved

Answer 27

social construciton of self

Question 28

the internal process of being aware how we are coming across to others and adjusting our behavior accoridngly

Answer 28

self-monitoring

Question 29

explains how individuals monitor their social environemnt to know more about themselves and ohters

Answer 29

uncertainty reduction

Question 30

processes we use to form perceptions of others

Answer 30

impression formation

Question 31

tendency to assume that two or more personality characteristics go together

Answer 31

implicit personlatiy theory

Question 32

three of the most important ways we fommr impressions are based on

Answer 32

physical appearnce
perceived personlay
assumed similarity

Question 33

assuming someone is similar to us in a variety of ways until we get infomraitn that contradicts this assumption

Answer 33

assumed similiraity

Question 34

reasons we give for others and our own behavior

Answer 34

attribtutions

Question 35

a reason that is beyod the control of the person

Answer 35

situtational attirbution

Question 36

attirbuting behavior to some cause that is under the control of the person

Answer 36

dispositional attirbution

Question 37

the perceptual distortion that arises from paying attention only to what we expect to see or hear and ignoring what we don’t expect

Answer 37

selctive perception

Question 38

the inaccurate atteempt to make several perceptions about another person agree with each other

Answer 38

forced consistency

Question 39

judging a person based on the characteristics of a group to which the person belongs without regard to how the person may vary from the group

Answer 39

prejudice

Question 40

exaggerated or eversimplified generalization used to desctibe a group

Answer 40

stereotypes

Question 41

acting differently toward a person based on prejudice

Answer 41

discrimination

Question 42

prejudice deals with perceptions and attitudes while discrimination involves

Answer 42

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