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Oral Interpersonal
Chapter 2 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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stereotype | A fixed impression of a group of people |
attribution | The process by which we try to explain the motivation for a person's behavior. |
self-fulfilling prophecy | The process of making a prediction that comes true because you made the prediction and acted as if it were true |
schemata | The mental templates or structures that help you organize new information you already have in memory |
social comparison | The process by which you compare yourself with others, most often your peers |
implicit personality theory | Concluding that a person has positive qualities because you know that he or she has other positive qualities |
self-concept | Your image of who you are |
self-esteem | A measure of how valuable you think you are |
self-disclosure | The process of talking to others about yourself and revealing things you normally keep hidden |
self-serving bias | The tendency to take credit for positive outcomes and to deny responsibility for negative outcomes |