Exam 3: Interpersonal Communication and Perception

________ is the process that occurs when we remember things we want to remember and forget or repress things that are uncomfortable,or unpleasant,or unimportant to us.

The implicit personality theory

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

We develop perceptions about people and maintain and use those perceptions to interpret people's behaviours.This is called

Attributing to circumstance means

When we place a familiar framework on information that may,at first,look formless,we are

Social decentring and empathizing are two steps in

The barrier to accurate perception of oversimplifying happens when

Observing a small slice of someone's behaviour and then making a generalization based on that behaviour is called

You tend to explain the motives for a person's actions on the basis of the most obvious information rather than on any in-depth information you might have.Which of the barriers to accurate perception is influencing you?

Selective attention is the process

Attributing to the person means

Because you like Jo,you just assume that she is intelligent,warm,friendly,and gets good grades.You are demonstrating

You are in heavy traffic and the car in front of you swerves.You assume the driver swerved to avoid glass,an animal,or something else in the road.You are attributing the driver's action to

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

________ is the process by which we decide what people are like and give meaning to their actions.

Your roommate spends several minutes detailing the reasons she did not meet you for lunch even though you had made plans to eat together.You start tuning out her lengthy explanations.Which of the barriers to accurate perception is influencing you?

You shake hands with someone and notice that his hands are hard and callused.You might infer that this person works with his hands.And since he is wearing coveralls,you assume he is a farmer.Which stage of the perceptual process would be reflected in this example?

Explaining someone's behaviour as an emotional reaction to another's behaviour is attributing to

Edgar is a first-year university student living in residence.He is confused and uncertain about where he is supposed to go for dinner.He spots several of the residents of his dorm leaving his floor and going down the stairs.Edgar concludes that since it's about dinner time,the other residents must be heading in the direction of the cafeteria.He decides to follow and see if they lead him to the cafeteria.Which of the following processes is Edgar most likely employing?