The Three Stages of the Perception Process
Influences on Perceptual Accuracy
Stereotyping Relies on Generalizations
Positivity and Negativity Biases
Explaining Behavior through Attributions
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What are the 3 basic stages of the perception process? 

Selection, Organization, and Interpretation

100

Perceptual mistakes are often easy to make?

True or False

True

100

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

100

What is being bias?

The tendency to favor certain people, groups, ideas, or pieces of evidence over others.
100

Attributions for behavior vary along 3 important dimensions: Locus, ______, and controllability. 

Stability

200

Perceptual ______ can help us determine how other people are similar and different from us. 

Schemas

200

Physiology is the study of what?

Mechanical and Biochemical

200

The two most productive ways to deal with stereotypes would be?

Awareness and communication 

200

What is it called when we pay more attention to the positive information when it comes to being biased?

Positivity bias

200

Locus refers to our behavior having ______ and _______ causes.

Internal, External.

300

Name the 4 types of schemas we use to classify information we notice about other people. 

Physical constructs

Role constructs

Interaction constructs

Psychological constructs

300

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.

300
By communicating ______ , you can begain to discover people don’t always fit stereotypes 

Interpersonally 

300

What is the name of the following sentence? (Two Words)

"...or the tendency to weigh negative information more heavily than positive."

Negativity bias

300

A stable cause is one that is permanent, _______, or not easily changed.

Semipermanent.

400

True or False: The process of perception begins when one or more of your senses are stimulated.

True

400

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 

400

_____ is remebering information that supports a stereotype and forgetting the information that does not

Selective memory bias

400

What are positive and negative biases influential for?

Communication and satisfaction in long-term relationships. Ex: marriages & romantic partnerships

400

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? 

Uncontrollable
500

Max comes home from school angry and sits alone at the table with his arms crossed, Which schema is max presenting? 

Psychological

500

What are the three factors that influence the accuracy of our perceptions?

Physiology states and traits, Culture and co-culture, and Sole roles

500

You may be wondering if you should abandon stereotypeing all together, but doing so would be _______

Unrealistic 

500
Say a person applied for a job interview and their references described them with both positive and negative qualities, why did this person not get the job?

The person was more likely to form a negative impression of themselves/The negative information will override the positive.

500

An ______ is an explanation, the answer to a why question.

Attribution