Deck 2: Perception, Self, and Communication

Question 1

The process of perception includes selection, organization, and interpretation.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

How does self-perception influence communication?

Answer 2

Answers will vary.

Question 3

How do identity factors affect perception?

Answer 3

Answers will vary.

Question 4

Write an essay describing an example from your own life where culture affected your perception. Clearly explain how culture impacted your view of the situation. How might have someone from a different culture perceived the same instance?

Question 5

Define and provide an example of how proximity might be used to organize perception.

Question 6

Perceptual constancy means that past experience has little effect on our perceptions.

Question 7

People of different cultures tend to perceive things in the same way.

Question 8

Write an essay in which you state how selection, organization, and interpretation function in perception.

Question 9

Explain how past experiences are influenced by perception constancy.

Question 10

A car accident occurs, and the two witnesses tell rather different stories about what they saw. Use what you know about perception to explain the differences.

Question 11

Compare and contrast closure and similarity as they help us organize perceptions.

Question 12

Our physical characteristics are unrelated to our perceptions.

Question 13

Provide an example that is not in the book of how figure and ground operate to organize our perceptions.

Question 14

Temporary conditions like fatigue, hunger, or a headache can affect your perceptions.

Question 15

Perception is the process of using the senses to acquire information about the surrounding environment or situation.

Question 16

Explain the difference between stereotypes and prejudice.

Question 17

Discuss an example of how you have used interpretive perception.

Question 18

Define perception and explain in an essay the differences between the active and subjective views of perception.

Question 19

The position adopted in the book is that everyone sees everything in his or her own unique way.

Question 20

"No matter who sees a chair, they all see the same chair" illustrates the idea of active perception.

Question 21

Closure is related to how we organize stimuli.

Question 22

Personal identity is the perception of what makes an individual unique with regard to various personality characteristics, interests, and values.

Question 23

When you perceive nine lines as three groups rather than as nine unconnected lines, you are illustrating the concept of proximity.

Question 24

Stereotypes are initially based on classifications of people.

Question 25

A speech of self-introduction initially requires intrapersonal communication.

Question 26

How you perceive yourself plays a central role in communication.

Question 27

Proximity is when we organize stimuli based on their likeness or similarity.

Question 28

We use similarity to engage in the organization of stimuli.

Question 29

Which of the following is the best example of how role affects perception?

A) I am a Cuban American whose parents fled Havana in 1906.
B) I am an honor student and president of the student body.
C) I am a biracial person.
D) Although few know it, I am a former Baptist.

Question 30

Interpretive perception involves only internal stimuli.

Question 31

Noticing the women in the room more than the men in the room is an example of selective attention.

Question 32

"Birds of a feather flock together" is an expression that illustrates the concept of closure.

Question 33

Impression management is sharing personal details in order to present an idealized self.

Question 34

Prejudices interfere with our accurate perceptions of others.

Question 35

Which of the following activities does NOT occur in perception?

A) exploration
B) interpretation
C) organization
D) selection

Question 36

Ground is what you focus on the most; figure is the context in which you see the ground.

Question 37

Prejudices and stereotypes are unrelated.

Question 38

Prejudices can be positive where you pre-judge that another person is "good" without any evidence.

Question 39

The idea that our past experiences lead us to see the world in a particular way that is difficult to change is called

A) perceptual constancy.
B) selective retention.
C) cultural selection.
D) stubbornness.

Question 40

Which statement about stereotyping is true?

A) Stereotyping occurs when we have had a long time to form an informed opinion about someone.
B) Some stereotypes are positive.
C) Our stereotypes of people from different groups are often positive.
D) We try to find similarities between ourselves and the people we stereotype.

Question 41

Which of the following would NOT be an example of an identity factor that affects perception?

A) mental distractions such as daydreaming
B) a transgender identity
C) a background in Roman Catholicism
D) a woman who weighs ninety-seven pounds

Question 42

Erving Goffman's theory of self-presentation is based on what type of perspective?

A) psychology
B) dramaturgy
C) statistics
D) definitional

Question 43

If I notice that Heng and Yolanda are often together and I "fill in" my inference that they are now lovers, then I am illustrating the concept of perception called

A) closure.
B) figure and ground.
C) proximity.
D) filtering.

Question 44

Perception checking is a skill that helps us

A) understand another person and his or her message more accurately.
B) view everyone as equals.
C) compare our behaviors with others' behaviors.
D) ignore damaging or harmful information.

Question 45

Which of the following would be the reason an individual looking at a class picture might see his or her own face first?

A) because of its proximity to the other faces
B) because it is figure and the rest of the class is ground
C) because it is the image that allows closure
D) because it is ground and the rest of the class is figure

Question 46

If Anu was unable to control his communication in a way that presented an "idealized" version of himself, he would be lacking in

A) self-accrual.
B) impression management.
C) interaction control.
D) symbolic portrayal.

Question 47

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of active perception?

A) subjective
B) interpretive
C) active
D) simple

Question 48

Which of the following is NOT cited in the book as one of the three reasons differences in perception occur?

A) identity factors
B) past experience
C) present feelings and circumstances
D) present eating habits

Question 49

According to the textbook, first impressions

A) are based on comparisons to ourselves.
B) provide accuracy in our perceptions of others.
C) involve group communication among different groups.
D) occur independent of the communication context.

Question 50

Which of the following is the best example of selective attention?

A) She immediately spotted the guy with the earring who looked so much like someone she had known before.
B) They agreed with each other because they both liked the idea of government ownership of basic industry.
C) He was an expert "body man" in a chop shop; she was a hair stylist in the low-rent district.
D) They fought constantly over how the children should be disciplined.

Question 51

A person groups stimuli into meaningful units during which part of perception?

A) selection
B) interpretation
C) organization
D) interactionism

Question 52

When you remember how wonderful your mother was but forget how often she made you feel inadequate, then you are exhibiting the perception concept called

A) selective retention.
B) stereotyping.
C) sexual discrimination.
D) selective attention.