CMST 1150 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hasty Generalization, Correlation Does Not Imply Causation, Groupthink
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Suggests that people pay attention to different cues in sequence as they get to know one another. The sequence in which you pay attention to characteristics of other people is basically the sequence in which you encounter them. When you meet someone you make assumptions about them just on the basis of their appearance. Those who pass through the appearance filter must then make it through the behavior and non verbal filter which gives cues to how a person thinks. Final filter is based on exact information about someone"s personality as derived from self disclosure. Personal relationships those in which the participants are irreplaceable and communicate in close, unique ways. Involve people who cannot be replaced by someone else. Public/social relationships those in which the participants are interchangeable and communicate using socially understood norms and roles. These involve people with whom a close relationship is not necessarily shared. The deep and important psychological and supportive benefits that relationships provide.
