Chapter 2: How We Perceive Ourselves And Others Flashcards
Cognitive process that helps us make sense of the world
Perception
How we gather, organize, and evaluate the information we receive
Communication processing
Mental structures were used to connect bits of information together
Schemas
How people change their perception of someone else as they spend more time together
Interaction appearance theory
A passive response to information
Mindlessness
Mindlessness is corrected by this, and it helps us focus on the task at hand
Mindfulness
Allows biased to influence our thoughts
Selective perception
Allows other sources too much say
Undue influence
When we need to explain why someone says or does something in a manner that does not fit our Schemas
Attributions
Explains our tendency to assume that another person’s wrong behavior stems from an internal flaw
Fundamental attribution error
Attributes our own failures to external causes
Self – serving bias
The failure to see beyond our own beliefs and circumstances
Cultural myopia
Generalizing about people
Stereotyping
L will toward a particular group and a sense of one’s own superiority
Prejudice
We think we are
Self-concept
How we feel about ourselves in a particular situation
Self esteem
The ability to predict our effectiveness and it communication situation
Self efficacy
Whereby we change our behavior in ways that make our prediction more likely to come true
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Assessing our communication effectiveness when it’s high-performance
Self actualization
Assessing our communication effectiveness when it’s adequate performance
Self adequacy
Assessing our communication effectiveness when it’s poor performance
Self-denigration
Intentional communication design to let others know about ourselves
Self presentation
The tendency to watch our environment and others in it for cues as to how to present ourselves
Self-monitoring
Sharing important information about ourselves
Self disclosure