Created by Dr. Lori DeWitt; ada

2. “No one should
assume that
what he or she
perceives is the
same as what
others perceive”
(p. 81)
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3.  How We Understand and Organize the World
 How We Respond to the World
 How We Develop and Form Identities
 How We Choose and Develop Relationships

4. A process by which we take information in
and seek to understand it.
 Three separate but interrelated processes:
• Selection
• Organization
• Interpretation
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6. Selection (p. 83)
• Intensity
• Size
• Contrast
• Repetition
• Movement

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13.  Ask yourself:
• What might I have failed to notice?
• Have I engaged in faulty thinking?
• Has my physical condition impacted my perceptions?
• Has my cultural background influenced my perceptions?
• Has my social role influenced my perceptions?