BU288 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sensory System, Social Perception
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Perception is highly selective able to screen out outside noise fairly easily. Attention is a conscious process actively switch attention: sometimesattentionfollowsacourseofitsownchoosing notaconscious choice (enters our sensory system draws us away from previous point of attention) Attention acts as gate or filter to determine what information is processed only information we pay attention to gets through: influencesthewayweperceiveevents. Factors that influence attention: personalinfluences:basedoncurrentfeelings/motives/attitudes, externalinfluences:variousfeaturesofobjectsoreventsthatalsofocusour attention (ex. Constantly making judgments about the behaviour of others. Perception of persons mood tells you how to react or respond based on people"s emotions / current mood. When we observe behavior attempt to determine if it is internally or externally caused: processisexplainedbyattributiontheory. Social perception combining info about others as a means of getting an accurate understanding of them helps us interact with them: personalityreflectiveofsomeone"sbehavior, firstthoughtisaninternaljudgementaboutthatperson unlessthereisstrong evidence contrary to that. Key idea: attribute behavior to characteristic or a situational event depends on how much info you have about the person / situation.
