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Chapter Two: Perception and Communication. Human Perception. Perception-How We Make Sense of the World Perception is an Active Process Processes are Overlapping and Continuous. Perception http://www.passia.org/seminars/2003/Communication-Khaleel-Isa.htm. Human Perception Selection.
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Chapter Two: Perception and Communication
Human Perception • Perception-How We Make Sense of the World • Perception is an Active Process • Processes are Overlapping and Continuous Perception http://www.passia.org/seminars/2003/Communication-Khaleel-Isa.htm
Human PerceptionSelection • Of What are We Conscious • Qualities of External Phenomena • Perceive What We Expect to Perceive Microsoft Image
Human PerceptionOrganization • Constructivism and Schemata • Prototypes • Knowledge Structure • Most Representative Example of Category • Use Prototypes to Define Categories Microsoft Image Constructivism http://digitalliteracy.mwg.org/constructivisim.html
Human PerceptionOrganization • Constructivism and Schemata • Personal Constructs • Mental Yardsticks • Position People and Situations Along Bipolar Dimension • More Detailed Assessment Microsoft Image
Human PerceptionOrganization • Constructivism and Schemata • Stereotypes • Predictive Generalizations • Based on Category • May be Accurate or Inaccurate Microsoft Image
Human PerceptionOrganization • Constructivism and Schemata • Scripts • Way to Organize Perceptions • Guides Based on Personal Experience • Sequence of Activities Defining Expected Behavior
Human PerceptionInterpretation • Subjective Process of Explaining • Attributions • Locus - Internal or External • Stability - Stable or Unstable • Scope - Global or Specific • Responsibility - Within or Beyond Personal Control Microsoft Image
Human PerceptionInterpretation • Self-Serving Bias • Construct Attributions Serving Our Interests • Positive Actions and Successes - Internal, Stable, Global Attributions • Negative Actions or Failures - External, Unstable, Specific Attributions
Microsoft Image Influences on Perception • Physiology - Sensory Abilities • Visual and Auditory Acuity
Influences on Perception • Physiology - Sensory Abilities • Visual and Auditory Acuity • Physical Well Being Microsoft Image
Influences on Perception • Physiology - Sensory Abilities • Visual and Auditory Acuity • Physical Well Being • Age Microsoft Image
Influences on Perception • Culture • Beliefs • Values • Understandings • Taken-For-Granted Assumptions Microsoft Image
Influences on Perception • Standpoint Theory • Social Communities • Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Economic Class, Religion, Spirituality, Age, and Sexual Orientation • Power Positions in Social Hierarchies
Influences on Perception • Social Roles • Roles Others Communicate to Us • Expectations of Role Fulfillment • Career Choices
Influences on Perception • Cognitive Abilities • Cognitive Complexity • Person-Centered Perception Microsoft Image
Enhancing Communication Competence • Perceptions, Communication, & Abstraction • Words Crystallize Perceptions • Labels Affect Perceptions
Guidelines for Enhancing Competence • Recognize All Perceptions are Subjective • Avoid Mind Reading • Check Perceptions with Others • Monitor Self-Serving Bias
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