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Chapter 3 Vocab
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- 1attributionthe process of attaching meaning
- 2empathythe ability to project oneself onto another person's point of view, so as to experience the other's thoughts and feelings
- 3ethnocentrismattitude that one's own culture is superior to others
- 4Facesocially approved identity that a communicator tries to present
- 5Faceworkverbal and nonverbal behavior designed to create and maintain a communicator's face and the face of others
- 6identity managementstrategies used by communicators to influence the way others view them
- 7interpretationperceptual process of attaching meaning to stimuli that have previously been selected and organized
- 8narrativethe stories people create and used to make sense of their personal worlds
- 9Organizationperceptual process of organizing stimuli into patterns
- 10Perceived selfperson we believe ourselves to be in moments of candor
- 11perception checkinga three-part method for verifying the accuracy of interpretations, including description of the sense data, two possible interpretations, and a request for confirmation of the interpretations
- 12Presenting selfthe image a person presents to others. It may be identical to or different from the perceived and ideal selves
- 13Reflected appraisalinfluence of others on one's self-concept
- 14Selectionthe perceptual act of attending to some stimuli in the environment and ignoring others
- 15Self-conceptthe relatively stable set of perceptions each individual holds of him or herself
- 16Self-esteemthe part of the self-concept that involved evaluations of self-worth
- 17Self-fulfilling prophecya prediction or expectation of an event that makes the outcome more likely to occur than would otherwise have been the case
- 18Self-serving biastendency to interpret and explain information in a way that casts the perceiver in the most favorable manner
- 19significant othera person whose opinion is important enough to affect one's self-concept stongly
- 20Stereotypingprocess of applying exaggerated beliefs associated w/ a categorizing system
- 21sympathycompassion for another's situation
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