Defining Perception
Processing external info using senses.
What is perception?
Exposing yourself only to info that reinforces your beliefs.
What is selective exposure?
Grouping stimuli into meaningful units.
What is organization?
The assignment of meaning to stimuli.
What is interpretation?
Your self-talk or thinking process.
What is intrapersonal communication?
Because it's unique to you, perception is this.
What is subjective?
Focusing on certain cues while ignoring others.
What is selective attention?
The focal point of your attention (like a name in a noisy room).
What is figure?
A hasty generalization about a group.
What is stereotyping?
The development of your self through messages and feedback from others.
What is symbolic interactionism?
Mind selecting and interpreting senses.
What is active perception?
The tendency to only believe what you want to believe.
What is selective perception?
The tendency to fill in missing information.
What is closure?
A negative opinion about someone based on a stereotyped group.
What is prejudice?
Sharing personal details to present an idealized self.
What is self-presentation (or impression management)?
A temporary physical state (like being tired) that affects perception.
What are temporal conditions?
Remembering things that reinforce your beliefs more than those that oppose them.
What is selective retention?
Seeing objects close together in time or space as related.
What is proximity?
An initial opinion based on appearance, often formed quickly.
What is a first impression?
Your verbal and nonverbal behavior (assertive, friendly, etc.).
What is manner?
Past experiences making your view difficult to change.
What is perceptual constancy?
These four processes are all types of selectivity.
What are exposure, attention, perception, and retention?
Grouping items because they resemble each other.
What is similarity?
Describing, interpreting, and verifying to understand someone's message.
What is perception checking?
The concept that self-awareness is a discovery worth making.