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Name the four steps in the perception process
selection, organization, interpretation, negotiation
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Selection involves...
attending to stimuli and ignoring other cues
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name the ways we classify people (perceptual schema)
appearance, social roles, interaction styles, interaction style, psychological traits, membership
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describe some of the traits associated with the perceptual schema of appearance:
male or female, beautiful or ugly, fat or thin, young or old, etc...
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describe some of the traits associated with the perceptual schema of social roles:
student, attorney, wife, sister, boss, etc
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describe some of the traits associated with the perceptual schema of interaction style:
friendly, helpful, mean, sarcastic
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describe some of the traits associated with the perceptual schema of psychological traits
curious, nervous, insecure
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describe some of the traits associated with the perceptual schema of membership
republican, immmigrant, Christian, Fraternity
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STORY: What was Christa Kilvington's story?
She was a 4.0 student and single mother on welfare; she was stereotyped.
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Name the 3 characteristics of stereotypes
- You categorize people on the basis of this easisly recognizable characteristic (noticing skin color)
- You ascribe a set of characteristics for most or all members of the category (all men are insensitive)
- You apply the set of characteristics to any member of the group (when you meet an older person, you assume him to be slow witted or confused)
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What are the influences on perception?
- physiological (the senses, age, health, fatigue, hunger, biological cycles, psychological challenges)
- Cultural differences (individulalist vs collectivist cultures)
- social roles (gender roles, occupational roles)
- self-concept
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Perception checking considerations:
- completeness (sometimes all three are not necessary)
- nonverbal congruency (non verbal cues match your words)
- cultural rules (low context ie americans, vs. high context ie asians)
- face saving (were you going to do the dishes or did you forget it was your turn)
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What are the five positions of the pillow method
- 1) i'm right you're wrong
- 2) you're right i'm wrong
- 3) both right, both wrong
- 4) the issue isn't important
- 5) there's truth in all perspectives
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what are the locations of the positions in the pillow method?
1
3 5 4
2
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