ADMS 2400 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 2: Impulsivity, Infor, Selective Perception
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Perception: perception: is the process by which ind. organize and interpret their impressions to give meaning to their environment, lect notes: ppl. Have diff. perception of the same thing their perceptional process has led them to perceive things diff. Such as experience, schemas etc: perception is imp. Because ppl"s behavior is based on their perception of what reality is not on reality it self. A targets characteristics also affect what we perceive: ex. The situation the time at which an object or even can influence attention, so can location, light, heat or number of situational factors: ex. of decked out. At night club vs. morning class the perceiver didn"t change nor the target but sit. We attempt to determine whether it is internally or externally caused (exhibit 2-2: internally caused behave. Are those an observer believes to be under the personal behavioral control of another ind: externally caused behaviors are what we imagine the situation forced the ind.