Exam 3: Perceiving the Self and Others

Wendy decides the new guy at work, Dale, must be romantically interested in her because Dale brings her coffee every morning. By assigning meaning to Dale's behavior, Wendy is in which stage of perception?

The __________________ stage of the perceptual process helps you make sense of information by allowing you to see its similarities to, and differences from, other things you know about.

The belief that all homeless people are lazy is an example of which perceptual influence?

When someone undergoes chemotherapy and his or her cancer goes into remission, some individuals in that person's life will believe the remission is an answer to their prayers, whereas others will believe the remission is a natural response to the chemotherapy. Which of the following factors might account for this difference in beliefs about cancer remission?

Your desire to avoid an embarrassing situation is related to your ___________ face.

Which type of perception do you use when you try to decide if your best friend is angry, based on his behavior?

Identify the concept best represented by the following thought process: (1) He is a man. (2) Men don't know how to express their feelings. (3) Therefore, he must not know how to express his emotions.

Which statement is most accurate with regard to the perceptual process?

Good communicators bear in mind that others' behaviors are often responses to external forces, thus avoiding what problem?

Our first impressions of someone's communicative behaviors seem to stick in our minds more than second or third impressions because of what principle?

A _________________ is a predisposition to perceive only what we want or expect to perceive.

If you do really well on a test, you say it's because you were well prepared, but if you do poorly, you say it's because the classroom was too noisy. This is an example of what attribution error?

You notice your cousin ignoring her fiancé. When you begin to wonder why she is behaving the ways she is, you are looking for what in relation to her behavior?

Sociologist Erving Goffman coined what term to describe the behaviors we use to project our desired public image to others?

In 2009, a popular game show aired called The Moment of Truth. On this show, contestants chose to disclose secrets to their friends, family, and viewing audience in order to win money. In other words, the contestants were moving information from the _____________ area of their Johari window to the open area.

Individuals with certain disabilities may perceive threats to their __________________ face if they are unable to do activities that others can do, such as driving a car.

In class, you notice a classmate smiling at you. In which stage of the perceptual process are you engaged?

Which term refers to the location of our behavior, whether within ourselves or outside ourselves?

Which area of the Johari window would most likely include characteristics such as your name, sex, academic major, and hobbies?

Tyce doesn't spend a lot of energy worrying about his appearance; he just wears whatever is at hand in the morning. Likewise, he always says what is on his mind, as he isn't concerned with what other people think about him. This is because Tyce is a(n) _________________ self-monitor.