intro comm ch. 2 Flashcards
(30 cards)
who we believe ourselves and others to be
social perception
the process of selectively attending and assigning meaning to information
perception
a fast, top-down subconscious approach that draws on previous experience to make sense of what we are encountering.
automatic processing
short-cut rules of thumb for understanding how to perceive something based on past experience with similar stimuli
heuristics
a slow, deliberative approach to perceiving where we examine and reflect about the stimuli
conscious processing
the overall view we have of ourselves, which includes both our self-concept and self-esteem
self-perception
the perception we have of our skills, abilities, knowledge, competencies, and personality traits
self-concept
the evaluation we make about our personal worthiness based on our self-concept
self-esteem
what we would like to be
ideal self-concept
perceptions based on the belief that traits and abilities are internal to the person and are universally applicable to all situations
independent self-perceptions
perceptions based on the belief that traits and abilities are specific to a particular context or relationship
interdependent self-perceptions
a gap between self-perception and reality
incongruence
an inaccurate perception of a skill, characteristic, or situation that leads to behaviors that perpetuate that false perception as true
self-fulfilling prophecy
the internal conversation we have with ourselves in our thoughts
self-talk
the phenomenon of sharing different aspects of our self-concept based on the situation and people involved
social construction of self
the internal process of being aware of how we are coming across to others and adjusting our behavior accordingly
self-monitoring
communication theory that explains how individuals monitor their social environment to know more about themselves and others
uncertainty reduction
process we use to form perceptions of others
impression formation
reasons we give for our own and others’ behavior
attributions
attributing behavior to a cause that is beyond someone’s control
situational attribution
attributing behavior to a cause that is under someone’s control
dispositional attribution`
the tendency to assume that two ore more personality characteristics go together
implicit personality theory
assuming someone is similar to us in a variety of ways until we get information that contradicts this assumption
assumed similarity
the perceptual distortion that arises from paying attention only to what we expect to see or hear and ignoring what we don’t expect
selective perception
