Chapter 3: Perception Flashcards
Organization
Arranging information and some meaningful way
Stereotyping
Exaggerated generalizations associated with a categorizing system
Punctuation
The determination of causes and effects in a series of interactions
Interpretation
To interpret our perceptions in a way that makes some sort of sense
Negotiation
A big part of sense making occurs between and among people as the influence one another as perceptions and try to achieve a shared perspective
Narratives
An exchange of stories
Ethnocentrism
The attitude that one’s own culture is superior to others
Gender roles
Socially approved ways that men and women are expected to behave
Androgynous
Combining masculine and feminine traits
Self-serving bias
The way we tend to judge ourselves in the most generous terms possible
Halo effect
The tendency to form an overall positive impression of a person on the basis of one positive characteristic
Perception checking
A better way to handle your interpretations
Empathy
The ability to re-create another person’s perspective to experience the world from the others point of view
Sympathy
You view the others persons situation from your point of view
Pillow method
A problem has four sides and a middle just like a pillow
