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
Implicit personality theory
Using characteristics from previous encounters to determine an idea of someone
