Chapter 2 Flashcards
5 perceptual process
Attending Selecting Organizing Interpreting Retrieving
5 + 1 senses
Taste Smell Sight Touch Hearing \+ knowingness
Attending
Focus on stimuli- in the now - mindfulness
Selecting
Selective attention- focus on POE that meet our needs or interests
Selective exposure- focus and involve ourselves on “things” that confirm our existing beliefs
Organizing
- ) rules - ex closeness or novelties
- )schematic - mental templates for organization ( halo and horns affect)
- ) scripts- organized schemata for a specific event
Interpreting
Assigning meaning
Retrieving
Recall the stimuli
Selective retention- keeping info that confirms what you want and deleting the rest from memory
3 dimensions of self
Self concept- stable set of perceptions about self
Self awareness- your understanding about who you are
Self esteem- an evaluation of who you perceive yourself to be
4 sources of self concept
- ) other’s image of you
2) social comparisons - ) cultural thinking
- ) your own interpretations and evaluations
Johari Window
Known to self Not known
Known to others
Not known
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5 drivers
- ) to be perfect
- ) to hurry up
- ) to please others
- ) to take on more
- ) to be strong
Symbolic interactions
Our self concept is affected by our interactions
Self fulfilling prophecy
Wanting something to happen so you make it happen
Identity management
How a person conducts them self for any interaction
Facework
How you adjust your presented self and how it shows through interaction
