Ch 2: Perception: Why Can't We See What Is There To Be Seen?

Question 1

Perception

Answer 1

An active, not a passive, process

Question 2

Process of perception

Answer 2

Construct reality based on experience, values, education, and role

Question 3

Answer 3

repetition of the article “the”

Question 4

Perception principle

Answer 4

We tend to perceive what we expect to perceive

Question 5

events consistent with expectations

Answer 5

Processed more easily than events that are not consistent with expectations

Question 6

Mindset

Answer 6

a lens through which someone perceives the world

Question 7

Objectivity

Answer 7

stating explicitly the basic assumptions and reasoning so they can be challenged by others for their validity

Question 8

Mindset principle

Answer 8

Quick to form, slow to change

Question 9

Answer 9

Impressions resist change: Start at the upper left seeing a man, you will continue seeing the man (mindset resists change)

Question 10

second principle of perception

Answer 10

New information is assimilated into existing images

Question 11

Answer 11

Difficult to look at same image from different angles

Question 12

Impact of substandard conditions of perception

Answer 12

Initial exposure to blurred or ambiguous stimuli interferes with accurate perception even after more and better information becomes available

Question 13

The amount of information required to change an initial hypothesis

Answer 13

Greater than the amount of information needed to form an initial hypothesis