Download Effective Communication & Perception: Self-Disclosures, Stages, Theories, & Self-Concept and more Quizzes Communication in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Guidelines for Facilitating an Responding to Self-Disclosures DEFINITION 1 - Practice the skills of effective and active listening- support and reinforce the disclosure- be willing to reciprocate- keep the disclosures confidential- dont use the disclosures against the person TERM 2 5 Stages of perception DEFINITION 2 1) Stimulation2) Organization3) Interpretation - Evaluation4) Memory5) Recall TERM 3 Stage 1: Stimulation - Selective Attention DEFINITION 3 you attend to those things you anticipate will fulfill your needs or will prove enjoyable TERM 4 Stage 2: Organization - Organization by rules DEFINITION 4 how we use proximity, similarity, and contrast in focusing our attentionexample: perceiving people that are often together as belonging together, or seeing people who dress alike as belonging together TERM 5 Stage 3: Interpretation - evaluation DEFINITION 5 example: meeting someone who is a football player so you apply the stereotype or schema to this person TERM 6 Stage 4: Memory DEFINITION 6 what you remember is not an objective recollectionexample: you may store in your memory qualities of a person that fit their schema TERM 7 Stage 5: Recall DEFINITION 7 - you recall info that is consistent with your schema- you fail to recall info that is inconsistent with your schema- you recall info that drastically contradicts your schema TERM 8 Personality theories DEFINITION 8 1) implicit personality theory2) halo effect3) horns effect (or reverse halo effect) TERM 9 implicit personality theory DEFINITION 9 system of rules that tell you which characteristics go woth which other characteristicsexample: you may view people who are energetic as being smart although there is no reason why a stupid person could not be energetic TERM 10 halo effect DEFINITION 10 the belief that a person with some positive qualities will also have other positive qualities TERM 21 Stage 2: Organization - organization by schema DEFINITION 21 mental templates or structures that help your organize informationexample: stereotyping people TERM 22 Stage 2: Organization - organization by scripts DEFINITION 22 type of schema; organized body of information that include an action, event or procedures that provides an idea of how a specific event should unfoldexample: having scripts for how you do your laundry TERM 23 self-concept DEFINITION 23 your image of who you are.- this develops from self- interpretations (your reconstructing of the incident and your understanding of it)- and self-evaluations (the value-good or bad that you place on the behavior)example: you view lying as wrong and you lie, then you will view it as a lie and react negatively to your behavior TERM 24 Your 4 selves (Johari Window) DEFINITION 24 1) Open self2) Blind self3) unknown self4) hidden self TERM 25 open self DEFINITION 25 all the info, behaviors, attitudes and feelings about yourself that you know and others also knowexample: name, skin, religious beliefs TERM 26 blind self DEFINITION 26 knowledge about you that others have but you dontexample: a habit of finishing peoples sentences or a way of rubbing your nose when anxious TERM 27 unknown self DEFINITION 27 parts of yourself that neither you or others knowexample: info that is buried in your subconscious like an obsession with money TERM 28 hidden self DEFINITION 28 knowledge you have of yourself but keep secret from othersexample: fantasies or embarrassing experiences TERM 29 listeners influence self disclosure (dyadic effect) DEFINITION 29 self-disclosure is more likely to occur in dyads or small groups, we disclose to people we like and trust and those that disclose to us TERM 30 your topic and channel influence self disclosure (disinhibition effect) DEFINITION 30 we disclose more positive info about superficial topics; more individuals are likely to disclose online