Learning Objectives
- Explain the nature of perception and its relationship to reality
- Describe the perception process in action
- Explain how schemata, perceptual sets, unconscious bias, ethnocentrism, and stereotypes influence perception
- Distinguish among the following perceptual barriers: fact-inference confusions, allness, indiscrimination, frozen evaluations, snap judgments, and blindering
- Discuss how culture and gender influence perceptions of social experience
- Discuss how media and technology influence perceptions of social experience
- Identify strategies you can use to enhance your perceptual abilities