Interpersonal Communication Chapter 3 Quiz: Impression Management on Social Media

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What is the concept of 'looking glass self'?

Discovering oneself through the way others treat and react to you

What is the primary purpose of self-awareness in interpersonal communication?

To know our strengths and weaknesses, thoughts, and feelings

Which of the following is NOT a stage of perception?

Self-evaluation

What is the primary goal of impression management strategies?

To influence others' perceptions and behaviors Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of others' images in shaping our self-concept?

They reflect our self-image Signup and view all the answers

What is the outcome of social comparison in interpersonal communication?

Pressure and online influence Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of deciding what people are like and giving meaning to their actions?

Interpersonal perception Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of using illusions in communication?

To show that our senses can be tricked Signup and view all the answers

What is the most important aspect of reading a word, according to the research at Cambridge University?

The first and last letter Signup and view all the answers

What is the first stage of the perception process?

Stimulation Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process by which an individual selects certain information to attend to when meeting someone new?

Stimulation/Selection Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of a difference between what we expect and what really is happening in communication?

Misunderstandings Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary effect of leading to perceive what you want to perceive rather than what is really there?

Failing to perceive what you don't want to perceive Signup and view all the answers

What is the tendency to attend to the first pieces of information observed about another person to make an impression?

Primacy Effect Signup and view all the answers

What is the tendency to attribute motives to someone's behavior on the basis of internal factors?

Fundamental Attribution Error Signup and view all the answers

What is the tendency to maintain balance among perceptions or attitudes?

Consistency Signup and view all the answers

What is the bias of taking credit for the positive and denying responsibilities for the negative?

Self-Serving Bias Signup and view all the answers

What is the tendency to single out two obvious characteristics of a person and attribute everything to those characteristics?

Overattribution Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of creating categories in our perception?

To organize our world and make sense of it Signup and view all the answers

What is the rule of proximity in organization?

Perceiving physically close things as a unit Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between the rule of similarity and the rule of contrast?

One groups similar things together, while the other separates different things Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of schemata in organization?

To create a mental template to organize information Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between scripts and schemata?

Scripts are a type of schemata, but with a different name Signup and view all the answers

What influences our interpretation and evaluation of information?

Our experiences, needs, wants, values, beliefs, and expectations Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary concern of the self-fulfilling prophecy in impression formation?

To influence what you see Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of perceptual accentuation?

Seeing what you want to see Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of checking perceptions in impression formation?

To describe what you hear or see Signup and view all the answers

What is the fundamental attribution error?

Attributing control to dispositional factors Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary concern of the just world hypothesis in impression formation?

Not mentioned in the text Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of primacy-recency in impression formation?

Giving undue emphasis to what comes first Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Stage Two: Organization

Organizing our world by creating categories and linking them together
Filling in gaps in perception to seek closure
Rules for organization:
- Proximity: physically close things are perceived as a unit
- Similarity: physically similar things are perceived as belonging together
- Contrast: opposite of similarity, different things are perceived as part of the same unit
Organization by schemata: mental templates that help organize information into a concept
Organization by script: an organized body of information about actions, events, or procedures

Stage Three: Interpretation and Evaluation

Perception influenced by experiences, needs, wants, values, beliefs, and expectations
Leads to perceiving what we want to perceive, rather than what is really there
Can lead to failure to perceive what we don't want to perceive

Impression Formation Process

Primacy effect: tendency to attend to the first pieces of information about someone
Recency effect: tendency to attend to the most recent information about someone
Consistency: people expect certain things to go together and are surprised when they don't
Attribution of control: attributing motives based on reasons, beware of self-serving bias, overattribution, and fundamental attribution error

Self-Concept and Interpersonal Communication

Self-concept: how we think and feel about ourselves
Social comparison: discovering the self through how others treat and react to us
Self-awareness: knowing our strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, and feelings
Interpersonal perception: the process of deciding what people are like and giving meaning to their actions

Illusions and Perceptions

Illusions can trick our senses and happen in communication when there's a difference between what we expect and what really is
Examples of illusions: optical illusions, reading words with incorrect spelling

Increasing Accuracy in Impression Formation

Avoid processing errors: beware of six perceptual concepts
Analyze impressions: recognize your own role in perception, avoid early conclusions
Perceptual checking: describe what you hear or see, seek confirmation
Reduce uncertainty: increase cultural sensitivity, beware of just world hypothesis

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Interpersonal Communication Chapter 3: Perception of Self and Others