Chapter 2 - identities, perception and communication

Question 1

Identities

Answer 1

Symbolic roles or characters that we play in life. It’s how others perceive themselves, and how people want to be perceived by others. (give an example)

Question 2

Perception

Answer 2

How you view and understand everything around you, and helps you build and keep the sense of who you are. (give an example)

Question 3

Selective exposure

Answer 3

The idea that you more likely to “expose” and choose to be around things that support your beliefs and values. (give an example)

Question 4

Selective retention

Answer 4

The idea that you are more likely to recall things that support your belief and values. (give an example)

Question 5

Selective perception

Answer 5

The idea that you are more likely to perceive and focus on things that support your belief and values. (give an example)

Question 6

Front-region

Answer 6

A frame where a social interaction occurs in a certain way to make a good impression of their intended faces. (give an example)

Question 7

Back-region

Answer 7

A frame where a social interaction occurs that does not have to be in best behavior and don’t present their public faces. (give an example)

Question 8

Self-description

Answer 8

Description that involves information about self that is obvious to others based on appearance and behavior. (give an example)

Question 9

Self-disclosure

Answer 9

Revelation of personal information that others can’t know unless the person makes it known to them. (give an example)

Question 10

Symbolic self

Answer 10

A symbol that is made up of how you see yourself and how others see you-. It’s created through social interactions and whether others accept it or not. (give an example)

Question 11

Attitude of reflection

Answer 11

Being aware of how you look in other people’s eyes and how that makes you feel about yourself. (give an example)

Question 12

Altercasting

Answer 12

When the words we use can shape how others see themselves and what they feel they need to do to fit that identity. (give an example)

Question 13

Myth of core self - union model (concept from lecture)

Answer 13

Your identity is created in the moments, through the way you interact with others. It’s hoped by your relationship and the symbols you use. (give an example)

Question 14

Schemata (concept from lecture)

Answer 14

a mental stricture used to organize information by linking materials that are associated

Question 15

Prototype (concept from lecture)

Answer 15

The best example of something. The thing you use when thinking of something specific

Question 16

Communication privacy management theory - Petronio (concept from lecture)

Answer 16

How people manage the need to maintain privacy by creating boundaries around their personal information

Question 17

Turbulence (concept from lecture)

Answer 17

Moments when your boundaries change or feel threatened making you rethink how you hora personal information with others. (give an example)