PerceptionLecture 3.3

University of Alberta

ALES 204

Nancy Bray

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iClicker set up

iClicker - set frequency

1. Press and hold power button until blue light flashes

2. Click C then click A

3. Green light will flash, blue light will stay on

Housekeeping

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Define communication and understand a model of communicationDescribe the role that culture, hierarchy, perception, language, non-verbal behaviour, and generation play in communication

Informative Persuasive

Rhetorical Purpose

InterpersonalSmall GroupsPublicMass Communication

Context

Oral Written Visual Online

Channel

Analyze a communicative situationPlan an approach

Identify strengths and weakness of your approach

Course Map

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YouAnother person

Culture

Perception

Hierarchy

Language

Non-verbal

Generation

Lecture Outline

1.What is perception?

2.How do we perceive ourselves?

3.How do we perceive others?

4.The dark side...

1. What is perception?

Perception

Stages of perception

Example

Figure-ground principle

Perceptual schemata

Closure

Selective perception

Selective exposure

Selective attention

Selective retention

Memory influences perception

Memories are fallible

Sherlock Episode: The Great Game

2. How do we perceive ourselves?

Self-concept

Who are You?

Anger Management

Johari window

Interpersonal stylesJohari Window

Johari window exercise (if time) In pairs and groups of threes

Think of some hypothetical situations which illustrate each of the four areas of the Johari window: open, blind, hidden, and unknown.

Example: an employee who believes that he is worthy of promotion, but is blind to the fact that he is not well-regarded in the office.

3. How do we perceive others?

First impressions

Stereotypes and prejudices

Self-serving bias We believe our successes

come from within ourselves, but that our failures are a result of something external

Note: not in textbook

Allness

Facts and inference

Empathy

4. The dark side...

Keith Barry - brain hackerhttp://www.ted.com/talks/keith_barry_does_brain_magic.html

Can you explain...

How do these tricks work? Can you explain them based on what we have learned about perception?

Take Away

Know the stages of perception

Mechanisms of perception (figure-ground, schemata, closure)

Perception is selective - know the 4 ways

Know the Johari window

Know what affects our perceptions of others

Chapter 3 in the textbook

Photo Credits

smelling the rose by Twistiti Christopher by KrisnFred Memory box by Kaptain Kobold fading memory by --hap Sherlock from BBC2 site Self concept by Andrew Mason Doorbell by Ivy Dawned femme fashion by Jasper Gregory young girl cheering by tinou bao professor from tulane university nutritional facts by USDAgov free hugs by Mwezibou Keith Barry photo from his web site Anger Management poster from film web site couple fighting by Leigh Myers focus by kevin dooley rudeparisian by gdudg scream by David Salafia the news about the news by Alisa Miller