SPC-1017 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Inflection, Eye Contact, Impromptu Speaking
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Internal noise: occurs in the minds of the sender-receivers (thoughts) Chapter 2: self, perception, & communication: self-concept: how you think and feel about yourself (sets limits on behavioral possibilities, how self-concept forms, reflected appraisals: messages you get about yourself from others. Leads to self-fulfilling prophecies (events that occur because you and other people expected them: social comparisons: when you compare yourself to others to see how you measure up. Downward: psychological safety: self-perception: the way you see yourself, perception: how you look at others and the world around you. Implicit personality theory: occurs when you construct a theory of what people"s personalities are based on their behavior: attribution: when you devise explanations about other people"s behavior so that you can understand whatever is taking place. Nonassertive assimilation: non-dominants want to belong to the majority group but don"t want to use aggression (cid:523)emphasizing what they have in common with the dominant group)
