Chapter 3 Flashcards

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What is awareness?

A

Ability to be conscious of events and stimuli.
Determines what you pay attention to and how you carry out your intentions

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2
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What is self?

A

Sense of individuality, motivations, and personal characteristics.

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3
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What is an attitude?

A

Immediate disposition towards a concept or object

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4
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What is a belief?

A

Ideas based on previous experiences

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5
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What is a value?

A

Concepts and ideas of what we consider good, bad, right, or wrong

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6
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What is Self-Image?

A

How you see yourself and would describe yourself to others.

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7
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What is Self-Esteem?

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How you feel about yourself (self worth), acceptance, and respect

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8
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What is Self-Concept?

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Central Identity and set of beliefs of what you can accomplish

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9
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What is a Self-fulfilling prophecy?

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Someone’s behavior comes to match and mirror others’ expectations

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10
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What is a preunderstanding?

A

Set of expectations and assumptions from previous experience

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11
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What is selection?

A

Sorting competing messages or choosing stimuli to pay attention

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12
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What is a stage?

A

Setting, scene and context of communication interaction

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13
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What is internal stimuli?

A

Those that come from within yourself.

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14
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What is external stimuli?

A

Stimulation from outside

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15
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What is Selective Exposure?

A

Information we choose to pay attention to and ignore

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16
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What is Selective Attention?

A

Focusing on one stimulus and tuning everything else out

17
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What is selective retention?

A

Choosing to remember one stimulus over another one.

18
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What is organization?

A

Sorting information into logical series/categories

19
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What is proximity?

A

Organize based on physical relationship to objects

20
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What is continuity?

A

Keeping things organized and draw lines between them

21
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What is similarity?

A

Organizing items based on common things between them

22
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What is closure?

A

Using previous knowledge to fill in gaps.

23
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What are individual differences?

A

Differences that make people perceive things differently

24
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What are demographic traits?

A

Characteristics that make someone who they are and common with others.

25
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What is Reciprocity?

A

Mutual exchange and interdependence

26
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What is mutuality?

A

Speaker searches for common ground with the audience

27
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What is nonjudgementalism?

A

being open minded and accepting of ideas from others