The Process of Receiving Information About and Making Sense of the World

question 146

Multiple Choice

The process of receiving information about and making sense of the world around us is called:

• A)social learning.
• B)perception.
• C)social identity.
• D)personal identity.
• E)projection.

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Definitions:

Non-standard Work

Employment that deviates from traditional norms in terms of hours, permanency, or contract conditions, often lacking in job security and benefits.

Divergent Thinking

A thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions.

Convergent Thinking

A cognitive process in which the focus is directed at arriving at a single, correct solution to a problem.

Optimality Theory

A conceptual framework in linguistics that hypothesizes that observable forms of language arise from the interaction between conflicting constraints.