FAD 3271

Test 2

Study Guide

 

I.              Perception

a.      A means of acquiring and meaningfully organizing sensations and assembling them into useful information

i.        Physical

1.      Use of the brain and the 5 senses

ii.      Social

1.      Language, acceptable ways to of seeing things, values, beliefs, family culture, etc.

iii.    Individual

1.      Intelligence, personality, temperament, birth order, self-concept, etc.

II.            Locus of Control

a.      Internal

i.        Perceives self as having the ability to exercise some degree of control over one’s environment and situations in life

b.      External

i.        More sensitive to the environment, believing that the environment or outside sources have more control over one’s self

1.      “Fate” rather than individual choice

III.          Five Interrelated Processes of Perception

a.      Affect

i.        The emotional impact of perception

b.      Orientation

i.        Becoming acquainted or familiar in a situation

c.      Categorization

i.        Developing categories to organize similar objects and events

d.      Systemization

i.        Identifying regularities in the environment, which give us a sense of stability in a changing world

e.      Manipulation/Designing

i.        Active process of the perceiver that allows us to create change

IV.         Space

a.      A three dimensional expanse in which events, actions, and processes occur

V.           Territoriality and Privacy

a.      Territoriality

i.        The emotional attachment to and defenses of home ground

1.      Claiming “ownership” of a certain area (yard, house, table seating, or parking spot)

2.      Defending your ownership through verbal and non-verbal communication, boundaries, or even aggression and dominance

b.      Privacy