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Chapter 2 terms - Test 1
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- 1perceptioncognitive process through which we interpret our experiences & come to our own unique understandings
- 2selective attentionchoose some stimuli and ignore others
- 3selective exposurewe seek out that which confirms us. watching your news channel, you are familiar with & nothing else
- 4closurewe fill in missing information
- 5proximityobjects near one another in space and/or time are related to one another
- 6schema theorya mental structure that puts together individual but related bits of information
- 7role schemaone's guess at someone's image
- 8event schemaour expectations of how things will play out
- 9cognitive complexityability to make decisions
- 10perception cycle1) we encounter an event and make sense using schema
2) pro-schema confirms our world
3) counter-schema calls elements into question - 11pro-schemaconfirms our world
- 12counter-schemacalls elements into question
- 13mindfulnessthe process of being focused on the task at hand; necessary for competent communication
- 14mindlessnessa passive state in which the communicator is a less critical processor of information, characterized by reduced cognitive activity
- 15selective perceptionactive, critical thought resulting in a communicator succumbing to the biased nature of perception
- 16undue influencegiving greater credibility or importance to something shown or said than should be case
- 17attributionspersonal characteristics that are used to explain other people's behavior
- 18interaction appearance theorythe argument that people change their attributions of someone, particularly their physical attractiveness, the more they interact
- 19fundamental attribution errorthe tendency to overemphasize the internal and underestimate the external causes of behaviors we observe in others
- 20cultural myopiaa form of cultural nearsightedness grounded in the belief that one's own culture is appropriate and relevant in all situations and to all people
- 21selfperson's changing inner face
- 22self conceptrelatively constant description of who we believe we are
- 23looking glass selfself is defined by our interactions with others
- 24self labelsself reflection
- 25self-esteemhow we feel about our self concept
- 26self-efficacythe ability to predict, based on self concept and self esteem, one's effectiveness in a communication situation
- 27self fulfilling prophecya prediction that causes an individual to alter his or her behavior in a way that makes the prediction more likely to occur
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