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Chapter Three
Intro Comm - Chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| perception | the process of making meaning from environment experiences |
| selection | the process of paying attention to a certain stimulus |
| organization | the process of categorizing information that has been selected for attention |
| perceptual schema | a mental framework for organizing information |
| interpretation | the process of assigning meaning to information that has been selected for attention and organized |
| stereotype | a generalization about a group or category of people that is applied to individual members of that group |
| primacy effect | the tendency to emphasize the first impression over later impressions when forming a perception |
| recency effect | the tendency to emphasize the most recent impression over earlier impressions when forming a perception |
| perceptual set | a person's predisposition to perceive only what he or she wants or expects to perceive |
| attribution | an explanation for an observed behavior |
| self-serving bias | the tendency to attribute one's successes to stable internal causes and one's failures to unstable external causes |
| fundamental attribution error | the tendency to attribute others' behaviors to internal rather than external causes |
| self-concept | the set of perceptions a person has about who (s)he is; aka identity |
| identity | the set of perceptions a person has about who (s)he is; aka self-concept |
| Johari window | a visual representation of components of the self that are known or unknown to the self and to others |
| self-fulfilling prophecy | an expectation that gives rise to behaviors that cause the expectation to come true |
| self-esteem | one's subjective evaluation of one's value and worth as a person |
| image | the way one wishes to be seen or perceived by others |
| image management | the process of projecting one's desired public image |
| life story | a way of presenting oneself to others that is based on one's self-concept but is also influenced by other people |
| face | a person's desired public image |
| facework | the behaviors people use to establish and maintain their desired public image with others |
| face needs | important components of one's desired public image |
| fellowship face | the need to be liked and accepted by others |
| autonomy face | the need to avoid being imposed on by others |
| competence face | the need to be respected and viewed as competent and intelligent |
| face-threatening act | any behavior that threatens one or more face needs |
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