PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Organizational Commitment, Diversity Training, Job Satisfaction
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Ob chapter 3 perception, attribution, and diversity. What is perception: perception the process of interpreting the messages of our senses to provide order and meaning to the environment **interpretation! 3 components that influence the perceiver"s impression of target: perceiver, target that is being perceived, situational context in which perception is occurring. The situation context can affect what one perceives it can add information about the target depending on the situation you are in. 3 important characteristics of the perceptual process (pg. Not all available cues are used - & those used are given special emphasis. Efficient, but not necessarily good: perception is constant (perceptual contancy) Tendency for target to be perceived in the same way over time/across situations: perceptual consistency. Tendency to select, ignore, distort cues in such a manner that they fit together to form a homogeneous pic of target. We strive to see people as consistent (not good and bad)