MSCI211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Msci, Impression Management
19 Oct 2016
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Direct perception (direct pick-up of information or patterns within immediate experience) Visual world vs. psychological situation: affordances, like real uses eg. using a knife for cutting vs using it as a screwdriver. Active process: perception is an act as opposed to a passive process of receiving information-doing anything automatically without thinking about it, like looking for a pen when you drop it. Selective process: remembering only some things, ex when 2 people tell you. 2 stories at the same time, you will not process both stories. Also uncludes internal states like hunger or emotions, as well as past habits like saying hi to someone, and finally includes perception of contrast like hearing a loud noise. Social interaction as the context for exchange of information-how we see ourselves and others is based on information (eg. hearing a comment from someone) Goffman"s view of social situations (cid:523)analogy of front stage and. Similarity (cid:523)study of student"s stereotypes based on the area of study(cid:524)
