Social perception Flashcards
(34 cards)
A process through which people seek to know and understand others is called ?
Social perception
What are the four processes of social perception?
NVC
Attribution
Impression formation
impression management
Communication between individuals that relies on an unspoken language of facial expressions, eye contact and body language is called?
NVC
What are the basic channels of nvc?
Facial expressions
eye contact
body language
touching
What do facial expressions show?
Current moods and feelings
What does eye contact indicate?
positive feelings except staring (rude)
What does body language reveal?
Emotional states
What does touching suggest?
affection, sexual interest, dominance, caring and aggression
What percentage constitutes body language?
60%
What percentage constitutes tone?
30%
…..% of what we say is nonverbal.
90%
What are the 6 basic emotions?
Happiness, anger, sadness, disgust, fear, surprise
What’s the seventh basic emotion?
Contempt
Facial expressions are universal, true or false?
True
Not all humans can decode and encode, true or false?
False
What form of nvc is first to appear in humans even as infants?
Facial expressions
The ability to encode and decode nvc is ….
Survival value
What are the three ways in which decoding can be inaccurate?
Pretense
Affect blends
Culture display rules
Where different parts of one’s face says different things is called?
Affect blends
Facial expressions revealing two or more emotions simultaneously is called
Affect blends
A smirk is a typical example of ….
affect blends
When you display emotions on your face you are…
encoding
One’s ability to interpret others’ emotions is called….
decoding
Nervousness is an example of…
body language