Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Bus 161a 9/23

Perception - is the process by which we select, organize, and interpret the input from their senses to give meaning and order to the world around them.

www.quirkology.com

Perceiver---> Target <--- (context)

Interpret context by using schemas

Schemas - cognitive subconcious
Functional - make sense of sensory input
choose what information to pay attention to and what to ignore
guide perceptions of ambiguous information

I.E. Stereotype = schemas about ppl

Cognitive Bias: Primary Effect
Initial impression fits into schemas
other information is integrated into that schema

Cognitive Bias: Contrast effect (big fish small pond effect)

Similar-to-Me Effect
we see others that belong to our groups more positively

Self-Fullfilling prophecy

Beliefs of the evaluator -------> Behavior of the subordinate------->repeat

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