EXAM 1

Question 1

social construction

Answer 1

• we determine whats good and bad
• stuff is taken for granted
• stuff does not need to be that way/ not inevitable
• based on age

Question 2

ought self

Answer 2

what people expect me to be

Question 3

ideal self

Answer 3

standards I hold for myself

Question 4

actual self

Answer 4

how I am now

Question 5

externalization

Answer 5

we invent cultural products through social interaction

Question 6

objectivation

Answer 6

when social constructed products appear to take on reality of their own

Question 7

internalization

Answer 7

we learn the ‘objective facts’ about the cultural invention

Question 8

meaning

Answer 8

ultimately the social connection of actors, not inherent in the object themselves

Question 9

cultural messages

Answer 9

what every kid in America grew up hearing

Question 10

social messages

Answer 10

messages from a social group that you belonged to

Question 11

psychological messages

Answer 11

messages that are tailored specifically to my identity

Question 12

cultural imperialism

Answer 12

as we presume the reality and truth of our beliefs, we trample on the realities of others

Question 13

memorable messages

Answer 13

messages that have been consciously and subconsciously incorporated into your worldview

Question 14

primacy effect

Answer 14

the first information we receive about others along with stereotypes, shapes our overall impression of them

Question 15

confirmatory bias

Answer 15

we confirm our original bias

Question 16

communication principals

Answer 16

• IPC is relational
• irreversible
• ever changing
• intertwined with ethics
• one cannot NOT communicate
• can be symmetrical or asymmetrical
• can be effective and ineffective

Question 17

symmetrical communications

Answer 17

when people exchange similar relational into or messages that are similar in meaning

Question 18

asymmetrical communications

Answer 18

when people exchange different kinds/ levels of info

Question 19

effective comm

Answer 19

understanding sender and receiver attach similar

Question 20

miscommunication

Answer 20

sending an intentional message that is misunderstood by the receiver

Question 21

attempted comm

Answer 21

sending an intentional message that the receiver misses

Question 22

misinterpretation

Answer 22

unintentionally sending a messages that is taken by the revicer

Question 23

accidental comm

Answer 23

unintentionally sending a message that the receiver observes and interprets it correctly

Question 24

observation

Answer 24

report what senses you tell

Question 25

opinion

Answer 25

drawing conclusions

Question 26

feelings

Answer 26

give emotion

Question 27

need

Answer 27

express what you want or think you want

Question 28

intensifier

Answer 28

adjectives that intensifier the noun or verb being described/ feminine

Question 29

Hedger

Answer 29

used to soften or weaken other words or phrases/ feminine

Question 30

disclamer

Answer 30

words that weaken the speakers request/ all disclaimers are hedgers/ no gender

Question 31

verbal fillers

Answer 31

words that are used to fill silences/ no gender

Question 32

hypercorrection

Answer 32

reminding others of the proper language forms/ career based/ no gender

Question 33

compounds

Answer 33

making a declarative statement followed by more words / feminine

Question 34

direct requests

Answer 34

making a declarative statement/ masculine

Question 35

politeness theory

Answer 35

explains why and how people try to promote, protect, or save face

Question 36

face

Answer 36

desired self image you wish to present to others

Question 37

negative face

Answer 37

• desire to act freely without constraint

- brutally honest

Question 38

positive face

Answer 38

• liked, appreciated, admired

- doing things so people feel a certain way about you