CMN 1148 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Standpoint Theory, Stereotype, Selective Perception
19 Apr 2017
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Perception: the process of sensing, interpreting, and reacting to the physical world. Vehicles for perception: touch, taste, hearing, smell, sight, which interact with each other. Selective perception: the process by which we see and retain certain kinds of information while ignoring discarding other kinds of information. Standpoint theory: tells us that we can never escape our place in the economic, social, and political order. Positive mood bene ts: we perform better at work and perceive our leasers in a more positive way. we feel pain less strongly when we are in a good mood. Negative mood bene ts: we process information more accurately, we are more likely to recall information, more likely to detect deception, less likely to place importance on. Stereotyping: force- tting people into categories on the basis of obvious cues - hair, skin colour, age, dress, etc. Rely on limit experience to ll in bidding information. Primary effect: pay more attention and remember what we see rst.
