Chapter 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
Discrimination
A negative action toward a social group or its members on account of group membership.
Halo Effect
To generalize and perceive that a person has a whole set of characteristics when you have actually observed only one characteristic, trait, or behavior.
Ideal Self-Concept
What you would like to be.
Implicit Personality Theories
Assumptions about which physical characteristics and personality traits or behaviors are associated with one another.
Incongruence
The gap between our inaccurate self-perceptions and reality.
Interpret
Assigning meaning to information.
Pattern
A set of characteristics used to differentiate some things from others.
Perception
The process of selectivity attending to information and assigning meaning to it.
Perception Check
A message that reflects your understanding of the meaning of another person’s nonverbal behavior.
Prejudice
A rigid attitude that is based on group membership and predisposes an individual to feel, think, or act in a negative way toward another person or group.
Role
A pattern of learned behaviors that people use to meet the perceived demands of a particular context.
Self-Concept
Your self-identity.
Self-Esteem
Your overall evaluation of your competence and personal worthiness.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
A false perception of a situation or characteristic or skill that leads to behaviors that perpetuate that false perception as true.
Self-Monitoring
The internal process of observing, analyzing, and regulating your own behavior based on your analysis of the situation and others’ responses to you.
