Unit 3 Vocabulary Quiz

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When meeting new people, we use mental structures to label and categorize them. These structures are called:

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Schemas

Front

Characteristics we notice about others, like adjectives for a best friend.

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Personal Construct

Front

Assigning motives to others and answering 'Why?' involves making attributions, which impact communication success or failure.

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Attributions

Front

Process of selectively focusing on certain events in the environment.

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Attention

Front

Process of receiving, making meaning from, and responding to spoken/nonverbal messages.

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Listening

Front

Process of being critical about message content.

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Evaluation

Front

Physiological process of sound waves converted to electrical impulses by the CNS.

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Hearing

Front

Unable to recognize our own prejudices or judgments.

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Bias Blind Spots

Front

Process of translating a speaker's words and actions into ideas and intentions.

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Interpretation

Front

Schemas predicting people based on categories are called:

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Stereotypes