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Perceiving and communicating w/ others

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The process of assigning meaning to sensory information and experiences, of others guide the way we talk to and about them   Perceptions  
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Self concept, past experiences, physical abilities, personality, and social environment are __________ that influence _________.   Factors; Perception  
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What are the 3 steps in the process of forming perceptions:   1)Selection 2)Organization 3)Interpretation  
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__________ occurs when we focus on some sensory stimuli rather than others.   Selection  
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___________ refers to personal relevance or interest and our choices of what is worthy of attention   Salience  
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During step 1 of forming perceptions (selection) __________ includes all sensations that seem to stand out from their surroundings.   Vividness  
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__________ __________ is the general theory that we learn new behaviors, customs, and routines by watching others.   Social Learning  
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The resistance to change and the tendency to maintain the same perceptions of people and events over time is ____________ __________.   Perceptual Constancy  
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The 2nd step in forming a perception, _________, occurs when we place stimuli in a category or mental box to give them meaning and aid our retention.   Organization  
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During organization (step 2), ____________ suggests that people interpret and act on experience based on a mental system of organizing knowledge.   Constructivism  
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___________ __________ are categories by which people and events can be differentiated during Constructivism.   Personal Constructs  
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A ___________ is an ideal model or specific person, personality or phenomenon that exemplifies a set of characteristics during constructivism.   Prototype  
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During constructivism, __________ are generalizations about people based on their group affiliations, rather than their individual characteristics.   Stereotypes  
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__________ are guides to actions and expectations based on the way we have categorized our perceptions.   Scripts  
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While organizing perceptions, __________ __________ are strategies for thinking creatively and managing different perspectives.   Perception Shifts  
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When would perception shifts occur?   When people are willing to take risks and alter the way they see the world.  
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What can significantly speed up perception shifts?   New technologies  
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The 3rd step in forming perceptions, ___________, is the stage in the perception process in which we determine the meaning of an event or interaction.   Interpretation  
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_________ can often help us to interpret the meaning of someone's statement or actions and __________ allows us to draw conclusions based on unfinished, incomplete or limited information.   Context; Closure  
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While interpreting perceptions, assigning ____________ refers to the assignment of meaning to the actions of ourselves and others.   Attribution  
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What are the 2 types of attributions?   Internal and external  
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While interpreting perceptions, __________ in attribution can hamper our communication effectiveness because they lock us into narrow ways of understanding and responding to others.   Biases  
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Biases in attribution: _____________ _____________ _______ is the overestimation of the degree to which other people's behaviors are due to internal factors and underestimating the significance of external forces.   Fundamental Attribution Error  
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Another bias in attribution is _______-__________ _______: the tendency to attribute external causes to our own misfortune but not to those of others.   Self-serving Bias  
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The 3rd bias in attribution while interpreting perceptions is _____________ _________: the tendency to think better of attractive people than unattractive people and to make positive attributions about their behavior.   Attractiveness bias  
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The last bias in attribution is _________ _______ which is the attribution of our own motivations to someone else's behaviors.   Similarity Bias  
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What are the 4 bias in attribution during interpretation of perceptions?   1)Fundamental Attribution Error 2)Self-serving Bias 3)Attractiveness Bias 4)Similarity Bias  
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Communicating responsibly requires perception guidelines. The first perception guideline is to _______ _______ ____________.   Own your perceptions  
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Being able to recognize why your perceptions might be different than your audience and that others may not share your perceptions are guides to ___________ __________ __________.   Owning Your Perceptions  
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The 2nd perception guideline is to ___________ ______________ __________.   Overcome Attributional Bias  
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Another perception guideline for communicating responsibly is to use __________ _____________ _________.   User perception checks  
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This is a tool that gauges the accuracy of your perceptions by engaging in conversations with others.   Perception Check tool  
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How would you be able to use a perception check tool?   1)Describe the behavior you've observed 2)Acknowledge that there is more than one way to interpret the behavior 3)Ask for clarification  
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The last perception guideline is to practice _____________ __________.   Perspective Taking  
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The ability to accurately perceive the experience and behavior of another person is practicing ____________.   Empathy  
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Our __________ form the basis of interpretation about ourselves and others and we communicate based on those interpretations.   Perceptions  
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____________ is also affected by the cultural context of interaction   Perception  
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We rely on ____________ to assign meaning to the behavior of others.   Attributions  
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_____________ are the basis for decisions about how to communicate appropriately and effectively because how we perceive people or events will influence our responses to them.   Perceptions  
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__________ is the audience use of conceptual categories that have been emphasized in the media.   Priming  
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____________ is the stage of perception in which we determine the meaning of an event or interaction.   Interpretation  
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__________ is the assignment of meaning to the actions of ourselves and others.   Attribution  
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