CYC 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Interpersonal Perception, Selective Perception, Stereotype
10 Dec 2016
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Perception is the process of understanding or making sense out of what is experienced. Interpersonal perception goes beyond simple interpretation of sensory info: the process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting ones observations of other people, the process by which we decide what people are like and give meaning to their actions. Making judgments about personality and drawing inferences from what we have observed. Stage 1: selecting: principles of selection. Why do we select certain sounds, images, and sensations: four principles of selection. Process of hearing, seeing, or making sense of the world. Selective attention around us based on such factors as our personality, beliefs, attitudes, hopes, fears, and culture, as well as what we like and don"t like. We tend to focus on things that are moving, interesting, new, or noisy. We tend to put ourselves in situations that reinforce our attitudes, beliefs, values, and behaviours (ie, if we want good marks we go to class)
