HMSV 339 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pickpocketing, Meteorology, Zoology
4 Apr 2016
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Chapter 3 - perception: what you see is what you get. We don"t see things as they are, we see things as we are. Along with selecting information, we must arrange it in some meaningful way. After the organizational scheme has been chosen, we use that scheme to make generalizations and predictions. Stereotypes may be based on a small amount of truth, but beyond the facts at hand usually have no valid basis. We often categorize people on the basis of an easily recognized characteristic. We ascribe a set of characteristics to most or all members of a category. We apply the set of characteristics to any member of the group. Often involves seeking out isolated behaviors that support beliefs. One way to avoid stereotyping is to decategorize others. The determination of causes and effects in a series of interactions. See example of couple quarreling in figure 3. 2, pp. After we organize information, we interpret it.
