Exam 3: Perception

When we assume people stay the way we are, we make frozen evaluations.

When we direct our attention to some stimuli while choosing to ignore others, we demonstrate________ _________.

Like education and culture, our motivation causes us to exhibit our own perceptual preferences.

Stereotyping and racial ______________ have the potential to _________ interracial and intercultural communication.

Perceptual constancy utilizes two different concepts; which are they?

The more similar our ________ _______, the more similarly we tend to perceive things.

According to group-based processing, if we are younger and identify an individual as belonging to the category of older adults, then our attitudes toward that person may be affected by the attitudes we have toward older persons in general.

To avoid treating interpretations as facts, what skill should we develop?

This theory helps us to explain why others behave as they do.

_______________ is the act of forcing ourselves to see people and situations only in certain ways.

The Internet is affecting how well we remember situations and facts.

When we rely on physical appearance to make judgments regarding both the categories people belong to and the traits they possess, we are making ___________________ associations.

Beliefs about _______________-appropriate behavior influence how we relate to one another.

What differences might you find between a "patient perceiver" and an "impatient" one?

A __________ is something we know is true on the basis of observation; a(n) ____________ is a conclusion we draw whether it is supported by facts.

Every time we fill in a missing perceptual piece we exhibit what organizational strategy? A) Perceptual constancy B) Figure ground principle C) Closure D) Scripting

Basing our impressions solely on an abbreviated behavioral pattern is known as ____________________________.

How might "inaccuracies" creep into our memory?

Gender, not culture, influences the way we make sense of our experiences.

Explain one idea or lesson that we learn about perception as a result of media influence.