Chapter 2 vocabulary quiz

Chapter 2 vocabulary quiz

The audience will be quized on vocabulary used in the presentation about perception.

published on February 17, 2013
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What word is the mental image you have about your skills, abilities, knowledge competence, and personality.

Self- concept
Self- monitoring
Perception
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What is it called when we are prone to pay attention to messages that reinforce our current self-image, where as messages that contradict this image my not register?

Attributions
Prejudice
Filtering messages
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True or false: As humans, we strive to copy the characteristics or behaviors of the characters portrayed as perfect?

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How do we improve the accuracy of social perceptions?

Hint: 2 choices
Question the accuracy of your perception
Always attribute someone's bad behavior to something in their control
Seek more information to verify your perceptions
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Incongruence is...

A negative action toward a social group or its members.
The gap between our innacurate self-perception and reality.
The type of person we want to be.