Question

1. Research a psychological selective perception bias l. Provide some in-depth explanation of what the bias is and how it works Support your explanation with a citation that is not from another Wiki page. 2. Provide a current issue or real world example where this selective perception bias is prevalent. Make sure to clearly identify what the issue is and give examples of the bias at work. 3. Learn how we can defend or check back against this bias. This can be through a psychological trick, argumentative tactic, or something that can help us not fall victim to our own biases. The more innovative, the better.

Answer 1

• 1.Selective perception refers to the process by which we select, categorize, and analyze stimuli from our environment to create meaningful experiences while blocking out stimuli that contradicts our beliefs or expectations. That is, we focus on certain aspects in our environment while excluding others.
• The selective perception theory holds that we filter stimuli both consciously and unconsciously as we perceive the stimuli. Consciously, we are able to block out certain stimuli, such as colors, sounds, and images. We can consciously focus our attention on specific stimuli and disregard distracting, unimportant, or contradicting information.
• In other words, we actively choose what information we digest and what we discard. This skill enables us to turn our attention away from certain stimuli and handle the multiple distractions that we encounter throughout our day.
• However, selective perception also happens unconsciously, without any purposeful effort on our part. For example, there have been studies that found that we are more likely to recognize certain shapes and colors within our field of vision than others.
• Imagine, that you go to the supermarket to buy a few fruits, and you always pick up the ones you know taste good, having made this decision without tasting other fruits.
• There are two types of selective perception: perceptual vigilance and perceptual defense. The low level of selective perception, perceptual vigilance refers to the process in which the individual notices and recognizes the stimuli that may be significant to him at some degree.
• On the other hand, perceptual defense occurs in an attempt of a person to create a barrier between him and the stimuli so that he could protect himself from having awareness of it. More often than not, these stimuli are perceived to be threatening or unpleasant, such as obscene words and violent actions. This is the high level of selective perception wherein violent actions are not accurately seen or foul words are not precisely heard.
• Researchers say that people with high level perceptual defense have a strong "perceptual wall" which serves as the filtering mechanism, making them unable to perceive unwanted stimuli.
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