Exam 3: Perception of the Self and Others in Interpersonal Communication

The tendency to infer that a person has many positive attributes based on the belief that he or she has some positive qualities is called the Pygmalion effect.

The self-concept, unlike other communication constructs, is rather independent of cultural influence.

To what extent do you subscribe to the self-destructive beliefs mentioned in the text? What can you do to reverse them?

Which of the following is an example of a self-affirmation?

During this stage of interpersonal perception, you give signals some kind of meaning.

A stereotype is a(n) _______.

Which of the following is an example of consistency in impression formation?

In this stage of the perceptual process, you create "cognitive tags."

Which of the following is a suggestion for how to increase accuracy in impression formation?

Noticing, reading, and listening to numerous advertisements for the car you just bought is an example of _______.

The perceptual process in which you're more influenced by what you sense first or last is ________.

The Johari Window represents the four major components of self-awareness.

Affinity-seeking strategies increase _______.

Which one of the four selves represents information you know about yourself but others do not.

Phillip is daydreaming in class and does not hear what the teacher is saying until his name is called. This is an example of _______.

The process of perceptual accentuation causes us to see what we want or expect to see.

We are more likely to remember information if it is consistent with our schema.

Stereotyping includes phrases like "All women are. . ." or "All Baptists are. . ."

Self-awareness is the extent to which you accurately know yourself.

The extent to which you know yourself accurately is referred to as (the) _______.