COM 100 Lecture 2: COM 100 chapter 2

• School: URI
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COM 100
• Professor: Martha Waitkun

Document Summary

Perception: the process of creating meaning, understanding stimulus (making sense of sight, hearing, etc. ) Organize the stimulus: similar to police room filled with boxes of evidence, shortcuts: stereotypes, box is the stereotype, stereotype: a box, a shortcut, a way of making sense of something quickly. Not always negative, can be positive, becomes problematic when you only see the stereotype (ex. The way that we find out who we are. Given label when born (boy or girl), labels given are important to families (ex. Waitkun was smart one, brother was cute one) Labels are direct definiton (given right from birth) Reflective apprasial: people reflect back at you, how they think of you (ex. When brother was invited to get cereal, negative to waitkun) Compare test grades: people do it so see where they rank compared to their peers, as an athlete it can be motivating (pushes both people, often it leads to negative opinions but can be positive.