Exam 3: Listening and Information Processing

The active contents of our memory is

A sequence of actions associated with a particular event is a(n) __________.

Schema theory helps explain what listeners do with information in which of the following ways?

One can understand most incoming information without using long-term memory.

Donna is re-telling a story about a recent restaurant experience. The food she received at the restaurant was not prepared how she ordered it, and the restaurant smelled overwhelmingly of fish. Donna does not plan to return to the restaurant. When Donna's friend asks about the cleanliness of the restaurant and the wait staff, Donna doesn't remember specific details and says, "Oh, I feel like everything was just dirty. It was just so bad." Donna's response to her friend includes

Expectations about how the social world works are broadly known as __________ schemata.

Listening will happen whether we choose to do it or not.

Raewynne assumes that if she goes to law school, she will make a lot of money because lawyers are usually very wealthy. In this thinking, Raewynne is using which type of people schema?

The theory that shows human information processing is a dynamic process is called__________theory.

A cognitive structure consisting of representations of some defined area is a 9

Schemas and scripts start developing when young children begin interacting with other young children.

One's perception of something as true or real is called what?

Structures that promote a particular evaluation of a message are called __________.

Information pertaining to the act of blinking when your eyes need moisture would fall in which bin?

Explain how schemas are reinforced.

Stereotypes can be generated from personal experiences with particular groups of people and from experiences witness in the media.

What kind of exposure to another culture is needed to build schemata?

What are schema-based distortions?

Acknowledging the appropriate behavior in a five-star restaurant is part of the__________ schema.

Carson hears his friends talking about the recent government decision to defund a student loan program. Carson doesn't have student loans, but he feels like this could affect his friends, and so listens to learn more details. Carson is experiencing which type of schema processing?