Chapters 1-4 Flashcards

Question

What is the blind area of the Johari Window? | Chapter 3

Answer 1

Not known to self, but is known by others.

Answer 2

One’s subjective evaluation of one’s value and worth as a person.

Answer 3

- Your self-esteem is your subjective evaluation of your value and worth as a person. Having high self-esteem is a benefit in some ways and a liability in others. - Humans have fundamental needs for control, inclusion, and affection; self-esteem is affected by the extent to which those needs are met.

Answer 4

The process whereby a person’s self-concept is influenced by his or her beliefs concerning what other people think of the person. Reflected appraisal can move aspects of our personality from the blind section of the Johari Window to the open section.

Answer 5

- Personality, cultural and gender roles, reflected appraisal, and social comparison all influence the development of self-concept. - Two pathways through which self-concept can shape communicative behavior are self-monitoring and the self-fulfilling prophecy. Self-monitoring - an individual’s awareness of how he or she looks and sounds and of how that person’s behavior is affecting others. Self-fulfilling prophecy - An expectation that gives rise to behaviors that cause the expectation to come true.

Answer 6

an individual’s awareness of how he or she looks and sounds and of how that person’s behavior is affecting others.

Answer 7

An expectation that gives rise to behaviors that cause the expectation to come true.

Answer 8

The need to feel liked and accepted by others.

Answer 9

The need to avoid being imposed upon by others.

Answer 10

The need to be respected and viewed as competent and intelligent.

Answer 11

The act of giving others information about oneself that one believes they do not already have. It's often that, when in a relationship, there is a balance of give and take when it comes to disclosing something about oneself to that other person. the one giving will expect the other person to reciprocate, and say something of similar nature (that the giver doesn't already know)

Answer 12

A theory that predicts that as relationships develop, communication increases in breadth and depth.

Answer 13

The process of making meaning from the things we experience in the environment.

Answer 14

An explanation for an observed behavior.

Answer 15

The process of assigning meaning to information that has been selected for attention and organized.

Answer 16

The tendency to emphasize the first impression over later impressions when forming a perception.

Answer 17

The tendency to emphasize the most recent impression over earlier impressions when forming a perception.

Answer 18

The tendency to focus heavily on a person’s negative attributes when forming a perception.

Answer 19

The tendency to focus heavily on a person’s positive attributes when forming a perception.

Answer 20

The tendency to attribute one’s successes to internal causes and one’s failures to external causes.

Answer 21

Generalizations about groups of people that are applied to individual members of those groups.

Answer 22

1st: Categorization - First, we identify a group we believe another person belongs to (“you are a redhead”). 2nd: Generalization - Second, we recall some generalization others often make about the people in that group (“redheads have freckles”). 3rd: Application - Finally, we apply that generalization to the person (“therefore, you must have freckles”).

Answer 23

Remembering information that supports our stereotypes but forgetting information that doesn’t.

Answer 24

1st: reason is to look at information about the situation that doesn't match your original perception. 2nd: reason is to ask how much information you don't know about the situation.

Answer 25

1st: being unusual or unexpected makes stimuli stand out. 2nd: repetition or how frequently you’re exposed to the stimuli. 3rd: the intensity of the stimuli affects how much you take notice of it.

Answer 26

- Being mindful of your perceptions involves focusing on the aspects of yourself, others, and the context that are influencing what you perceive. - Checking the accuracy of your perceptions involves separating interpretation from fact, generating alternative perceptions, engaging in direct and indirect perception checking, and revisiting your perceptions as necessary.