The Three Stages of the Perception Process
What are the 3 basic stages of the perception process?
Selection, Organization, and Interpretation
Perceptual mistakes are often easy to make?
True or False
True
The three-part process of stereotyping is:
Identify a group we believe someone belongs in
Recall then generalization we often make about the people in the group
Apply that genre to the person
What is being bias?
Attributions for behavior vary along 3 important dimensions: Locus, ______, and controllability.
Stability
Perceptual ______ can help us determine how other people are similar and different from us.
Schemas
Physiology is the study of what?
Mechanical and Biochemical
The two most productive ways to deal with stereotypes would be?
Awareness and communication
What is it called when we pay more attention to the positive information when it comes to being biased?
Positivity bias
Locus refers to our behavior having ______ and _______ causes.
Internal, External.
Name the 4 types of schemas we use to classify information we notice about other people.
Physical constructs
Role constructs
Interaction constructs
Psychological constructs
In chapter 4, why was Jason uncomfortable with Rosella and why was Rosella uncomfortable with Jason?
Their cultures were different and influenced the way they perceived each other and their actions.
Interpersonally
What is the name of the following sentence? (Two Words)
"...or the tendency to weigh negative information more heavily than positive."
Negativity bias
A stable cause is one that is permanent, _______, or not easily changed.
Semipermanent.
True or False: The process of perception begins when one or more of your senses are stimulated.
True
In the workplace, why may men and women managers be perceived differently despite acting the same?
Due to social roles | The roles we and others play can affect the accuracy of our perception
_____ is remebering information that supports a stereotype and forgetting the information that does not
Selective memory bias
What are positive and negative biases influential for?
Communication and satisfaction in long-term relationships. Ex: marriages & romantic partnerships
Your sister is suppose to pick you up from school but she doesnt show. you later find out she was in a car accident what type of Attribution is this?
Max comes home from school angry and sits alone at the table with his arms crossed, Which schema is max presenting?
Psychological
What are the three factors that influence the accuracy of our perceptions?
Physiology states and traits, Culture and co-culture, and Sole roles
You may be wondering if you should abandon stereotypeing all together, but doing so would be _______
Unrealistic
The person was more likely to form a negative impression of themselves/The negative information will override the positive.
An ______ is an explanation, the answer to a why question.
Attribution