Definitions - 1
Chapter 7
Chapter 6
Definitions - 2
Misc
100
The process of making meaning from the things we experience in the environment
What is perception?
100
On average, we are able to remember about ____ of what we hear
What is 25%
100
Facial attractiveness that refers to the relative size of facial features, such as the nose or ears
What is proportionality?
100
Process where we can only recall information that confirms our existing stereotypes
What is selective memory bias?
100
3 factors influence perceptual accuracy: our physiology, our cultural and co-cultural backgrounds and ___________
What are our social roles?
200
Nonverbal code for how people use movement
What is kinesics?
200
The use of head nods, facial expressions, and short utterance (uh-huh) that signal your interest to the speaker
What is backchanneling?
200
When people get excited or aroused, this usually happens to their voice
What is elevated pitch?
200
Idealizing a romantic partner at the beginning of a new relationship is a common example of
What is the positivity bias?
200
When first impressions set the tone for all future interactions
What is primacy effect?
300
The study of touch behavior
What is haptics?
300
When you as a listener is trying to experience what another person is thinking or feeling
What is empathic?
300
This type of gesture has a direct verbal translation
What is an emblem?
300
Generalizations about a group or category of people that can affect how we perceive them
What is stereotyping?
300
Textual representations of facial expressions used in computer-mediated formats
What are emoticons?
400
Vocalic behaviors that go along with verbal behaviors to convey meaning
What is paralanguage?
400
Evaluating or analyzing what we are hearing
What is critical listening?
400
The range of distance of 1 1/2 to 4 feet
What is personal distance?
400
The tendency to believe negative information more heavily than positive
What is negativity bias?
400
The I in the HURIER model of effective listening
What is interpreting?
500
The tendency to assume that attractive people have other positive qualities.
What is the halo effect?
500
Paying attention only to information that supports our values and beliefs
What is confirmation bias?
500
Angling your posture away from the person you are talking to and towards another person (to go greet them) is a form of leave-taking behavior
What is left-positioning?
500
Singling out one or two obvious characteristics of a person and then thinking that everything they do is based on those characteristics
What is overattribution?
500
Listening style that emphasizes intellectual challenges
What is content-oriented listener?
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