3.2

Interpersonal Perception: Continuous series of processes that blend into one another and can take place in a split second.

  1. Stimulation
  1. Organization
  1. Interpretation and Evaluation
  1. Memory
  1. Recall

Stimulation

Selective perception: Attend to those things that you want or expect to see

Selective attention:the tendency to attend to those things that you anticipate will fulfill your needs or will prove enjoyable.

Selective Exposure: Expose yourself to messages that will confirm your existing beliefs.

Organization

Proximity: physical closeness

Similarity: things that are alike

Contrast: things that are the exact opposite of one another

I have zero organizational skills

Interpretation-Evaluation

You provide judgements against other religions and people.

Influenced by experience, needs, wants, values and beliefs

Memory: the stories that you remember

memories are good and bad

Recall

most likely to recall stereotypes, inconsistencies, and contradictions .