COMM 222 Chapter 3: Ch3Read-Only.docx

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMM 222
• Professor: John Vongas

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Chapter 3: which of the following statements most accurately defines perception, perception is the tendency to generalize about people and ignore variations between individuals, perception is reality, perception is the process by which motives are assigned to explain people"s behaviour, perception is the tendency to attribute one"s own thoughts and feelings to others, perception is the process of interpreting messages of our senses to provide meaning. Skill: recall: perceptual defence is, the tendency to attribute one"s own thoughts and feelings to others, the process of interpreting messages of our senses to provide meaning, the tendency to generalize about people and ignore variations between individuals, the process by which motives are assigned to explain people"s behaviour, the tendency for the perceptual system to defend the perceiver against unpleasant emotions. A) actor- observer effect b) central trait: self- serving bias, projection, similar- to- me effect.