Unit 3 Vocabulary Flashcard, English

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When we meet new people, we react automatically, relying on pre-existing mental structures that allow us to label and categorize people and events. These structures are called:

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Schemas

Front

These are the specific characteristics we notice about other people. If, for example, you were to describe your best friend, the adjectives you use would be examples of these.

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Personal Construct

Front

When we assign motives to other people and answer “Why? questions”, what are these called?

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Attributions

Front

This is the process of selectively focusing on certain events in the environment.

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Attention

Front

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

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Listening

Front

Process of being critical about message content.

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Evaluation

Front

This is a physiological process that occurs when sound waves are translated into electrical impulses and then processed by the central nervous system.

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Hearing

Front

When we are not able to recognize our own tendency to see things with prejudice, or judge people in a certain way, we are said to have:

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Bias Blind Spots

Front

What is a process of translating what a speaker says and does into ideas and intentions called?

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Interpretation

Front

When schemas allow us to make predictions about people based on the categories they fall into, they are called:

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Stereotypes