Exam 3: Interpersonal Communication and Perception

Antonio and Maria are breaking up after going out for two years.Maria complains that Antonio doesn't pay enough attention to her because he has to work too often.Antonio believes that he doesn't pay attention to Maria because she doesn't take care of herself any more.Use causal attribution theory to explain their differing attributions for Antonio's behaviour.

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This question should be answered by referring to the three potential causes for a person's action: circumstance, stimulus, or the person herself or himself.
*Maria's attribution puts the cause of Antonio's lack of attention to her on the circumstances of his job.
*Antonio's attribution identifies the stimulus, Maria, as the cause of his behaviour.
*Students may be tempted to identify Antonio's attribution as the result of the person herself or himself, but that would only be true if Antonio said that the reason he changed his behaviour is because he, as a person, had changed.

The tendency to perceive our own behaviour as more positive than others' behaviour is called

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When we overgeneralize, we

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When you specifically ask for confirmation of your perceptions, you are engaging in

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Question 4

You are talking to a friend about your problem partner.After a break in the conversation, your friend started talking about a recent movie.You are hurt because the topic was switched.This exemplifies differences in

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Question 5

You aren't sure if Amy is mad at you or just in a bad mood.Trying to figure it out, you pay close attention to her tone of voice, her eye contact, and body movements.Since she speaks quite pleasantly to some of the others around you, but avoids eye contact with you, and speaks in short, clipped sentences when you ask her questions, you decide she is mad at you.Which strategy for improving perceptions did you use?

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Question 6

A/n ________ is a bipolar quality that we use to classify people.

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Question 7

Selective exposure is the process

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Question 8

Your friend hardly spoke at a party you both attended.You are not surprised, since you know your friend is shy.You are attributing

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Question 9

Attributing to circumstance means

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Question 10

The horn effect is defined as

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Question 11

The specific qualities or attributes we associate with each person we know are called

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Question 12

We use the barrier of ________ because we tend to find complex explanations less believable and harder to use to make sense of another's actions.

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Question 13

Interpersonal perception is

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The manner in which we organize information depends in part on the way we

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Attending to the first pieces of information that we observe about a person exemplifies

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Superimposing is the process of

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Question 17

The barrier to accurate perception called "stereotyping" means that

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Question 18

When your parents look at you carefully and wait for you to tell them what time you got home the previous night, which type of perception is in operation?

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Question 19

Perception is defined as

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The tendency to perceive our own behaviour as more positive than others' behaviour is called

When we overgeneralize, we

When you specifically ask for confirmation of your perceptions, you are engaging in

You are talking to a friend about your problem partner.After a break in the conversation, your friend started talking about a recent movie.You are hurt because the topic was switched.This exemplifies differences in

A/n ________ is a bipolar quality that we use to classify people.

Selective exposure is the process

Your friend hardly spoke at a party you both attended.You are not surprised, since you know your friend is shy.You are attributing

Attributing to circumstance means

The horn effect is defined as

The specific qualities or attributes we associate with each person we know are called

We use the barrier of ________ because we tend to find complex explanations less believable and harder to use to make sense of another's actions.

Interpersonal perception is

The manner in which we organize information depends in part on the way we

Attending to the first pieces of information that we observe about a person exemplifies

Superimposing is the process of

The barrier to accurate perception called "stereotyping" means that

When your parents look at you carefully and wait for you to tell them what time you got home the previous night, which type of perception is in operation?

Perception is defined as

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