The Critical Aspect of First Impressions Is That They

question 186

Multiple Choice

The critical aspect of first impressions is that they

• A) are permanent.
• B) are less influential than we thought.
• C) disappear quickly.
• D) act as filters for later information.

Explain sensory adaptation and its significance in perceiving stimuli.

Identify and describe various perceptual phenomena and illusions.

Understand the role of cultural and individual differences in perception.

Explain the physiological mechanisms underlying vision and hearing.

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Definitions:

Alienation

A condition in social relationships reflected by a decrease in the sense of personal identification with the products of one's work or disenchantment with societal norms.

Mode of Production

describes the varied ways that societies gather or produce the means of their subsistence, focusing on the combination of productive forces and relations of production.

Capitalism

An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market.

Machinic Assemblage

A concept in Deleuzian theory referring to a collection of heterogenous elements, both organic and inorganic, that come together to form a functional unit or network.