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Intro Comm - Chapter 3

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