Social perception Flashcards
A process through which people seek to know and understand others is called ?
Social perception
What are the four processes of social perception?
NVC
Attribution
Impression formation
impression management
Communication between individuals that relies on an unspoken language of facial expressions, eye contact and body language is called?
NVC
What are the basic channels of nvc?
Facial expressions
eye contact
body language
touching
What do facial expressions show?
Current moods and feelings
What does eye contact indicate?
positive feelings except staring (rude)
What does body language reveal?
Emotional states
What does touching suggest?
affection, sexual interest, dominance, caring and aggression
What percentage constitutes body language?
60%
What percentage constitutes tone?
30%
…..% of what we say is nonverbal.
90%
What are the 6 basic emotions?
Happiness, anger, sadness, disgust, fear, surprise
What’s the seventh basic emotion?
Contempt
Facial expressions are universal, true or false?
True
Not all humans can decode and encode, true or false?
False
What form of nvc is first to appear in humans even as infants?
Facial expressions
The ability to encode and decode nvc is ….
Survival value
What are the three ways in which decoding can be inaccurate?
Pretense
Affect blends
Culture display rules
Where different parts of one’s face says different things is called?
Affect blends
Facial expressions revealing two or more emotions simultaneously is called
Affect blends
A smirk is a typical example of ….
affect blends
When you display emotions on your face you are…
encoding
One’s ability to interpret others’ emotions is called….
decoding
Nervousness is an example of…
body language
When do gestures become emblems??
when they are specific to a specific culture
What are some examples of Ghanaian emblems?
The coat of arms, the flag, the black star of Africa and golden stool
Standing too far or too close from others while you speak to them may affect their impressions about you, true or false?
true
Factors to consider in communication via touch or haptics?
Who does it
What is the nature of it
Which part is being touched
The context within which it is taking place
What’s an example of a subtle non verbal cue?
Body scent
What are two uses of nvc?
Self presentation and detecting of deception
Fleeting facial expressions lasting only a few tenths of second is called
micro expressions
Clenching of fists while smiling is an example of…
inter channel discrepancies
Technology leaves messages that are open to potential misinterpretation. True or false?
true
Technology has made the interpretation of non verbal cues quite complex, true or false?
True
