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Question #1
According to Chaffee, the activity of using your senses to experience and make sense of your world is known as...
A.   Perceiving
B.   Judging
C.   Inferring
D.   Believing
Question #2
Chaffee breaks down perceiving into three smaller actions. Which is the following is NOT an action associated with perceiving?
A.   Participating
B.   Interpreting
C.   Organizing
D.   Selecting
Question #3
An important part of perceiving is the way in which you attempt to understand and make sense of situations you encounter. If you do this, in the context of Chapter 4, Chaffee would describe you as...
A.   A mature adult
B.   An active participant
C.   A responsible critic
D.   A healthy skeptic
Question #4
In order to explain the reason why people experience the same stimuli but have different perceptions, Chaffee uses this object as a metaphor. This object represents factors that influence our perceptions often without us realizing it.
A.   An umbrella
B.   (Contact) lenses
C.   Headphones
D.   A Rorschach test
Question #5
Chaffee illustrates different perceptions through differing accounts of Malcolm X’s death. Where and how was Malcolm X killed according to these reports?
A.   Murder in a hotel room
B.   Shooting at a rally
C.   Fire at his home
D.   Beating by police in Harlem
Question #6
According to Chaffee in Chapter 4, “Your perceptions of the world are dramatically influenced by your…”
A.   Relationship to others
B.   Past experiences
C.   Goals
D.   Self-esteem
Question #7
Representations of an interpretation, evaluation, conclusion about the nature of the world are known as…
A.   Perceptions
B.   Religion
C.   Biases
D.   Beliefs
Question #8
True or false: According to Chaffee, by definition, an important part of beliefs is the endorsement of their accuracy.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #9
Which of the following is NOT included in Chaffee’s three basic forms of belief?
A.   Predictions
B.   Inferences
C.   Reports
D.   Judgments
Question #10
According to Chaffee, because _______________________ play such an important role in our exchange and accumulation of information about the world, it is important that they be as accurate and complete as possible.
A.   Factual reports
B.   News media
C.   Cognitive abilities
D.   Perceptions and beliefs

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