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| Perception is the process by which we select, organise, and evaluate the stimuli in our environment to make it meaningful for ourselves. |
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| What are the 3 stages of the perceptual process ? |
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selection
organization
evaluation |
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| Our attention is taken by an object and the rest become "background" |
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| What are the three concepts of Social Identity Theory ? |
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| Social categorisation, social comparison, social identification |
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| Why is perception important ? |
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| Perception is very important because, even if things are not as they are perceived, the consequences can be real. |
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| What are the 7 perceptual errors ? |
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| Halo, primacy, precency, contrast effects, projection, central tendency |
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