Chapter 5 Flashcards
Why do we flirt?
To communicate interest
Why are non-verbal flirting behaviors set apart from verbal behaviors?
They can mean different things
Define self-presentation
Create plausible interest in self to others
What are social associations?
Expressing associations with desirable others and dissociation with undesirable others
If you wore pajamas to class, what would you be violating?
Self-presentation
Define decorum
Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
Define behavioral matching
Responding to someone’s self-presentation with a like behavior
Define dispositional attributions
individual behavior as a result caused by internal characteristics that reside within the individual
How are we able to detect if someone is lying to us?
body language, higher pitched voice
What is social penetration theory?
Moving from superficial to intimate disclosures
What is descriptive intimacy?
Self-disclosure where an individual conveys factual information
What’s the relationship between men and women on avoiding self-disclosure?
Women are more willing to disclose. Men expect women to do this
People who are low self-monitors are guided by what?
Their true attitudes and beliefs
