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PERCEIVING OTHERS. WHY PERCEPTIONS DIFFER?. BECAUSE OUR CULTURAL, PERSONAL, AND EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONING DIFFERS BECAUSE WE FOCUS ON DIFFERENT STIMULI FOR OBSERVATION BECAUSE WE WEIGH STIMULI DIFFERENTLY. BECAUSE WE DESCRIBE OUR PERCEPTIONS WITH DIFFERENT LANGUAGE
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WHY PERCEPTIONS DIFFER? • BECAUSE OUR CULTURAL, PERSONAL, AND EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONING DIFFERS • BECAUSE WE FOCUS ON DIFFERENT STIMULI FOR OBSERVATION • BECAUSE WE WEIGH STIMULI DIFFERENTLY
BECAUSE WE DESCRIBE OUR PERCEPTIONS WITH DIFFERENT LANGUAGE • BECAUSE WE SOMETIMES SEE WHAT WE WANT TO SEE • BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS
STIMULI USED IN OUR PERCEPTIONS • NONINTERACTIVE • Information from others • Information from the situation • Observations of other • INTERACTIVE • Reactions to direct questions • Reactions to your disclosures • Reactions to planned “tests” or provocations
PERCEPTUAL PROCESSES AND THEORIES • THEORIES OF COGNITIVE ASSOCIATIONS • Central traits • Implicit personality • Stereotyping • Inferential schemas
ATTRIBUTION THEORY • SELF-FULLING PROPHECY • OPTIMISTIC BIAS • FIRST/LAST IMPRESSIONS