COMM 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Physical Attractiveness, Controllability, Stereotype
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Getting along in our social world depends a great deal on our ability to make meaning out of other people"s behavior -floyd, 107. The process of making meaning from the people in our environment and the. What is interpersonal perception ? relationships with them. Selection is what we choose to pay attention to. Based on physical appearance (tall, short, brown) Based on emotional state or thought process. Interpretation is what meaning we assign to the stimuli. Accuracy online is research that shows that physical attractiveness affects the way we perceive messages. White people felt empathy for purple and white hand. Black people felt empathy for purple and black hand. Argument: it is impossible to be unbiased, however, it is possible to question your bias. Stereotypes are generalizations of groups of people that are applied to an. Three steps individual person because of their appearance. Identify a group we believe a person belongs.
