IRE260H1 Chapter 3: Perception, Attribution, and Diversity

• School: UTSG
• Department: Employment Relations, Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources
• Course: IRE260H1
• Professor: Hua Wang

Document Summary

Perception is the process of interpreting the messages of our senses to provide order and meaning to the environment. Motivational state: perceptual defence: the tendency for the perceptual system to defend the perceiver against unpleasant emotions, the target, the situation. Social identity theory: a theory that states that people form perceptions of themselves based on their personal characteristics and memberships in social categories: based on interests, abilities, and traits. We categorize ourselves and others to make sense of and understand the social environment. We also form perceptions of others based on their memberships in social categories: we see our own social categories as more favourable and positive. Social identity theory is useful for understanding stereotyping and discrimination. Bruner: perceiver actively seek out cues to resolve the ambiguity of the situation and target. Perceptual defence: the tendency for the perceptual system to defend the perceiver against unpleasant emotions. Selective: available cues are given special emphasis.