SCOM 123 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Fundamental Attribution Error, Inattentional Blindness, Ambivalent Sexism
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Perception process: physical energy into neural impulses that are sent to our brains. Sensation: the process by which our sense organs that contain sense receptors change. Perception: the process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting sensory data. Pitch: how low or high a sound is. Sensory acuity: the level of sensitivity of our sense. Inattentional blindness : lack of attention to an unexpected object. Schemas: are mental frameworks that create meaningful patterns from stimuli. Prototype : the most representative or best example of something. Stereotype: a generalization about a group or category of people. Script: a predictable sequence of events that indicates what we are expected to do in a given situation. Dispositional causes: the personal characteristics, or traits of the individual. Self-concept: the sum total of everything that encompasses the self-referential term me. Reflected appraisal : messages you receive from others that assess your self-concept. Social comparison: evaluating yourself by comparing yourself to other people.
