Deck 2: D: Perceiving the Self and Others

Question 1

When Michaela is not asked to interview for the part-time job she wants at her favorite store, she says, "I guess it's all about who you know and not what you know." Michaela's perception can be attributed to the self-serving bias.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Stereotypes by definition are negative and unflattering.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

A self-fulfilling prophecy can set us up for success in a particular situation.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

When Bo gets in line to use the cash machine, he would use a schema to make choices about behaviors such as where to stand, where to look, and what to say.

Question 5

Factors such as age and race can have a strong influence on our perception.

Question 6

Self-esteem refers only to the positive feelings one has about oneself.

Question 7

Imagine that your mother watched a horror film in which young people visiting a foreign country are abducted and killed. You tell her that you are interested in studying abroad next term and she begins to fret that something terrible will happen to you. Her perceptual challenge is caused by undue influence.

Question 8

Research cited in the text finds that people who have high self-esteem are more likely than those who have low self-esteem to desire public signs of affection from their relational partners.

Question 9

Selective perception is a challenge to our perception but is also usually active, critical thought.

Question 10

"Men don't like to talk about their feelings" is an example of a stereotype.

Question 11

A teenage basketball player who purchases the shoes his favorite professional athlete endorses is probably making this choice because of the fundamental attribution error.

Question 12

Social comparison theory helps to explain how media images may contribute to body image problems and eating disorders.

Question 13

Communication scholars believe that if we all embrace cultural myopia, we will understand one another better.

Question 14

Self-esteem may be positive with regard to one attribute and negative with regard to a different attribute.

Question 15

Researchers have found that reduced cognitive activity is a common sign of selective perception.

Question 16

Communication researchers believe that social interaction is a key aspect in developing one's self-concept.

Question 17

Negative stereotypes about a group often lead to prejudice against that group.

Question 18

A student's choice of a major would probably be related to his or her feelings of self-efficacy.

Question 19

Attributing the success of a rival team to the referees making bad calls during the game may be an example of the fundamental attribution error influencing our perception.

Question 20

We are presented with so much detailed information that it would be difficult to make sense of it all if we didn't have schema to organize our perceptions.

Question 21

Spending time on Facebook may contribute to a distorted perception of the quality of one's own life.

Question 22

Self-efficacy can be defined as a prediction that causes an individual to alter his or her behavior in a way that makes the prediction more likely to occur.

Question 23

Low-self-monitors lack the communication skills needed to form satisfying interpersonal relationships.

Question 24

When you assess your communication competence as sufficient or acceptable, you are feeling a sense of self-actualization.

Question 25

After a disagreement with his roommate over the cleanliness of their apartment, Dennis feels frustrated because he agreed to a solution he didn't find satisfying and decides that he needs to revisit the discussion and be more assertive about his needs. Dennis's evaluation of himself reflects self-denigration.

Question 26

Communicators who have a low level of sensitivity to feedback are likely to incorporate others' feedback into their self-concept and modify their behavior based on that feedback.

Question 27

Telling your new coworker that you prefer the color blue to red would count as self-disclosure but is not going to create much intimacy because it has so little depth.