Exam 3 Review (CAS 100B) Flashcards
Perception
Has to do with how we attach meaning to the world
Person perception
Dynamic and sometimes a fleeting phenomenon
Selective Perception
The ability to process a certain of the stimuli available to us while filtering out others.
Perceptual Filters
Physiological filters and limitations that are built into human beings
Psychological Seths
Our expectancies or predispositions to respond
Past experience is a … on what you select from all the available stimuli
Strong influence
This is known as an active process
Perception
Structure
Human need stability
Perceptual Process of Closure
Allows us to fill in blanks
Cause and Responsibility
Human have a need for knowing why things are the way they are’ why they happen the way they happen
Factors Which Affect How We Assign Cause and Responsibility
Outsiders/Insiders
Intimate/Stranger
Self/Other
Outsiders/Insiders
A game is different if you’re playing the game than if you’re a spectator
Intimate/Stranger
An intimate may have more infomration vs a stranger only knows surface level causes
Self/Other
We judge ourselves differently than we do others
A special, unique form if perception
Person Perception
Self Concept
The view/notation/image we have of who we are
Looking Glass Self (Charles Cooley, 1902)
We know ourselves by our reflection in the mirror of other’s responses to our own actions.
Socially Emergent Self (George Herbert Mead, 1930)
It emerges over time through multiple interactions with others
Tennessee Self Concept Scale
Identity Self
Judging Self
>Absolute Judge and Relative Judge
Behavioral Self
Internal Components of Self Concept
How I think about myself when I’m talking about myself
Identity Self
The answer to the question “Who am I?”
The answer would be adjectival
Judging Self
The answer to the question “How do I feel about myself?”
Absolute Judge
based on dichotomous (good/bad & smart/stupid)
Relative Judge
comparisons between behavior and capability, or between behavior and the performance of others
Behavioral Self
The answer to the question “Why am I behaving in ways I should? How consistent is my behavior with my sense of self?”
External Components of Self
Self and Social Standards
>Physical Self
>Moral/ethical Self
>Personal Self
>Family Self
>Social Self