Perception

Question 1

five steps of the perception process

Answer 1

stimulation, organization, interpretation, memory,
recall

Question 2

3 factors that will determine if we are stimulated by cues

Answer 2

familiarity, intensity, novelty (newness to you)

Question 3

3 ways we organize the stimuli

Answer 3

proximity, similarity, closure

Question 4

misattribution theory

Answer 4

how we explain our’s and other’s behavior

Question 5

self-serving bias

Answer 5

take credit for the good and blame others for the bad

Question 6

halo effect

Answer 6

think of others as perfect

Question 7

reverse halo effect

Answer 7

everything they do is bad

Question 8

self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 8

belief about yourself that eventually comes true

Question 9

pygmalion effect

Answer 9

belief about others

Question 10

perceptual accentuation

Answer 10

seeing what you want to see

Question 11

1st order reality

Answer 11

physically observed qualities

Question 12

2nd order reality

Answer 12

attaching meaning to 1st order things or situations

Question 13

three ways we can attribute (perceive) more accurately

Answer 13

reduce uncertainty, check perception, analyze perception