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ManT2-Ch4

Foundations of Behavior

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Attention part of perception process in which we acknowledge the reception of sensations from environment, size, intensity, frequency, contrast, motion, change, novelty
Perception behavior of others is influenced by how you perceive them; process of interpreting and organizing sensations
Sensations Environment stimuli that we are capable of receiving through:sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing
perceptual organization our attempt to organize the sensations we perceive
principles of perceptual organization Figure ground, similarity, proximity, closure
figure ground perceive objects that stand against a background
similarity stimuli that have common physical traits are more likely to be grouped together than those that do not
proximity associated because they are close together
closure most stimuli we perceive is incomplete we naturally tend to extrapolate information and project additional information to form a complete picture
halo effect refers to the tendency to allow one personality trait to influence our perception of other traits
primacy effect tend to use first impressions to unduly influence our judgement
stereotyping characterizing a person by one or two traits
discrimination preluded by prejudice; the act of singling out an individual due to prejudice
prejudice unreasonable bias due to race, religion or sex
self-fulfilling prophesy (Pygmalion effect) a person acts in a way that confirms others suspicions
Four elements to explain Self-fulfilling prophesy Input-people who are expected to do well receive better and more info than others Output expected-comments on how much is expected sets high goals Reinforcement-rewarded more Feedback-receive more suggestions for improvement
Personality traits enduring characteristics that describe an individuals attitudes and behavior
Fundamental attribution error tendency to overestimate the influence of personality factors when interpreting the actions of people
attribution assigns a cause to an event
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