Chapter 2 Unit 1 Perception Process

What is the process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting information called?

• Decision-making

• Memory

• Communication

• Perception

How does the process of perception affect our communication?

• It has no impact on communication

• It influences how we respond to stimuli

• It only affects visual communication

• It only affects auditory communication

What do we select information based on?

• Difference

• Salience

• Proximity

• Similarity

What influences the information we select?

• Communication

• Decision-making

• Memory

• Expectations

How do we organize information that we select?

• Based on color

• Based on proximity, similarity, and difference

• Based on alphabetical order

• Based on size

What do we use to assign meaning to information based on accumulated knowledge and previous experience?

• Memory

• Communication

• Perception

• Schemata

What do we tend to find salient?

• Things that are taste stimulating

• Things that are visually or aurally stimulating

• Things that are touch stimulating

• Things that are smell stimulating

What is the main focus of perception?

• Interpreting information

• Organizing information

• Selecting information

• All of the above

What is the process of assigning meaning to information based on accumulated knowledge and previous experience called?

• Perception

• Communication

• Schemata

• Memory

What do we respond to differently based on how we perceive them?

• Neither objects nor persons

• Persons only

• Objects only

• Both objects and persons