Answers to In-Text Questions

  1. False

  2. Selection, organization, interpretation

  3. Selective perception is filtering what is seen and heard to make it suit one’s own needs, biases, or expectations.

  4. schemas

  5. social

  6. Interpersonal constructs are bipolar dimensions of judgment used to size up other people. For example, introverted versus extroverted is an interpersonal construct. Numerous, abstract, orga­nized interpersonal constructs make a person cognitively complex.

  7. standpoint

  8. Self-image refers to a mental picture of one’s self, and includes a description of roles and traits. Self-esteem goes beyond descriptions to evaluations of one’s worth.

  9. Symbolic interactionism

  10. True