Social perception Flashcards

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1
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A process through which people seek to know and understand others is called ?

A

Social perception

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2
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What are the four processes of social perception?

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NVC
Attribution
Impression formation
impression management

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Communication between individuals that relies on an unspoken language of facial expressions, eye contact and body language is called?

A

NVC

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What are the basic channels of nvc?

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Facial expressions
eye contact
body language
touching

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What do facial expressions show?

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Current moods and feelings

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What does eye contact indicate?

A

positive feelings except staring (rude)

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7
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What does body language reveal?

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Emotional states

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8
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What does touching suggest?

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affection, sexual interest, dominance, caring and aggression

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9
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What percentage constitutes body language?

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60%

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10
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What percentage constitutes tone?

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30%

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…..% of what we say is nonverbal.

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90%

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What are the 6 basic emotions?

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Happiness, anger, sadness, disgust, fear, surprise

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13
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What’s the seventh basic emotion?

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Contempt

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14
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Facial expressions are universal, true or false?

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True

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15
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Not all humans can decode and encode, true or false?

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False

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16
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What form of nvc is first to appear in humans even as infants?

A

Facial expressions

17
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The ability to encode and decode nvc is ….

A

Survival value

18
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What are the three ways in which decoding can be inaccurate?

A

Pretense
Affect blends
Culture display rules

19
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Where different parts of one’s face says different things is called?

A

Affect blends

20
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Facial expressions revealing two or more emotions simultaneously is called

A

Affect blends

21
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A smirk is a typical example of ….

A

affect blends

22
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When you display emotions on your face you are…

A

encoding

23
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One’s ability to interpret others’ emotions is called….

A

decoding

24
Q

Nervousness is an example of…

A

body language

25
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When do gestures become emblems??

A

when they are specific to a specific culture

26
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What are some examples of Ghanaian emblems?

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The coat of arms, the flag, the black star of Africa and golden stool

27
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Standing too far or too close from others while you speak to them may affect their impressions about you, true or false?

A

true

28
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Factors to consider in communication via touch or haptics?

A

Who does it
What is the nature of it
Which part is being touched
The context within which it is taking place

29
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What’s an example of a subtle non verbal cue?

A

Body scent

30
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What are two uses of nvc?

A

Self presentation and detecting of deception

31
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Fleeting facial expressions lasting only a few tenths of second is called

A

micro expressions

32
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Clenching of fists while smiling is an example of…

A

inter channel discrepancies

33
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Technology leaves messages that are open to potential misinterpretation. True or false?

A

true

34
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Technology has made the interpretation of non verbal cues quite complex, true or false?

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True