COM 1000 Study Guide - Subjective Constancy, Selective Perception, Symbolic Interactionism
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Perceptual constancy the idea that your past experience lead you to see the world in a way that if difficult to change; your initial perceptions persist. Roles, or parts you play in various social contexts: present feelings and circumstances. How you feel at the moment affects your perception of a situation: you engage in three activities during perception, selection neglecting some stimuli and focusing on others. Selective exposure - you expose yourself to information that reinforces your beliefs or opinions. Selective attention even when you do expose yourself to information and ideas, you focus on certain cues and ignore others (like at a buffet, you see everything but avoid the unfamiliar) Selective perception hearing, seeing, and believing what you choose to. Selective retention - you remember better the things that reinforce your beliefs: organization the grouping of stimuli into meaningful units or wholes.
