Chapter 3 Self-Quiz

The Self, Perception, and Communication

Please note that this exercise is for self-study, and your instructor will not be able to see your responses.

. A set of relatively stable perceptions that each of us holds about ourselves is called ____________.

. ____________ refers to how we develop an image of ourselves from the way we think others view us.

. After focusing on particular information in our environment, we arrange it in a meaningful way to make sense of things. This occurs in the ____________ stage of perception.

. Once we select and organize perceptions, the next step is to _____________ them in a way that makes sense.

. Personal stories that we and others create to make sense of our personal world are called ____________.

. Some of the biggest problems that interfere with understanding and agreement arise from errors in the process of attaching meaning to behavior. This process is known as ____________.

. Empathy involves which of the following dimensions:

. Feeling compassion for another person's predicament is known as:

. The public image you create to present to others, one that is socially approved, is known as ____________.

. Sociologist Erving Goffman coined the term ____________ to describe the verbal and nonverbal ways we act to maintain our own presenting image and the images of others.

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