清华大学跨文化课程教案3

Discuss the model of human perception Step 1: Read “A Basic Model of Human Perception” and then explain the following key words. (1) Sensation (2) Perception (3) Selection (4) Organization (5) Interpretation
Sensation: It is the neurological process by which people become aware of their environment. It refers to the initial detection of energy from the physical world. 感觉： 感觉是人们意识到周围环境的神经过程,是对物 感觉： 感觉是人们意识到周围环境的神经过程 是对物 质世界的第一察觉。 质世界的第一察觉。 Perception: It is the process by which we become aware of objects, events, and especially people and their behavior through our various senses and involves higher-order cognition in the interpretation of the sensory information. 知觉：知觉是一种人们通过各种感觉来觉察事物、 知觉：知觉是一种人们通过各种感觉来觉察事物、事 人和人的行为的过程。 件、人和人的行为的过程。它是解释感觉信息更为高 阶的认知过程。 阶的认知过程。 Selection: It is a process in which we screen out what we need from all the stimuli and information around us. 选择:选择是从周围选择的刺激信息中筛选出所需要的 选择 选择是从周围选择的刺激信息中筛选出所需要的 信息的过程。 信息的过程。
Interpretation: It refers to attaching meaning to sense data and is synonymous with decoding.释义：释义是 释义： 释义 赋予感觉信息意义的过程， 类似于解码过程。 赋予感觉信息意义的过程， 类似于解码过程。
A Basic Fra Baidu bibliotekodel
Physiological
Sensing
Sociological
Perceiving
Psychological
Lead-in Case: Perception of War
Please read Case and then discuss the questions in pairs. 1. Why did Jim and Olga have very different attitudes towards starvation and war? 2. Give a brief analysis of their understandings of starvation and war. 3. What factors do you think influence the actual interaction between Jim and Olga?
After-reading check Please do the analysis on Case 15 “Observations on a Soldier” and then discuss the questions in groups. （1）How is the soldier described in the above ） conversation? （2）What stages of perception are reflected in the ） above conversation? （3）Could you describe the process in which ） Sherlock Holmes and Mycroft perceived the stimuli around them?
Sociological filters represent demographic data and one's membership in groups, including one's culture, microculture, and hometown.
Physiological filters include the natural or genetic differences in how one sees, hears, smells, tastes, or feels. According to some scholars, there are four explanations for intercultural differences in the perception of sensory stimuli. (1) Conditions of the Physical Environment (2) Indirect Environmental Conditions (3) Genetic Differences (4) Cultural Differences in How People Interact with Their Environment
Step 2: Discuss sensing Discuss what we can sense and what we cannot sense in the daily life, and also analyze how we sense the outside world.
Step 3: Discuss perceiving Define perception after reading “perception” and finishing “Blank Filling”. (1) Perception refers to the process of the becoming aware of o______, e______, and p______, especially their b_____ through our senses. (2) Our perceptions are only in a part of function of the outside world; in large measure they are a function of our own c_______, e_______, our d_______, our n_______ and our love and hatred.
There are so many stimuli around me. I really need to think what I choose.
Discuss cultural influence on Sensation and perception Step 1: Discuss physiological cross-cultural difference Do the group work—divide the whole class into four groups; each group has one task to discuss one aspect of physiological cross-cultural difference, that is, conditions of physical environment, indirect environmental conditions, genetic differences and cultural differences in how people interact with their environment. After that, let each group leader to stand for each group to do the summary of the key points.
Text B Cross-cultural Differences in Sensation and Perception
Pre-reading Task: Please discuss the following statement and see what you can Get from this statement in pairs: “We see what we choose to see and we hear what we choose to hear.”
Text A Overview: Human Perception
Pre-reading Task: Suppose you are an American farmer, a French engineer living in Paris, a Scottish country poet, a person living in tropical rain forest or a Chinese oversea student. What do you think of the beautiful full moon on the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Day?
Organization: It is the process during which we need to organize and impose structure on what we observe in a meaningful way. 组织： 组织是把从周围选择的刺激信息， 组织： 组织是把从周围选择的刺激信息，以一种有 意义的方式整理，组合的过程。 意义的方式整理，组合的过程。
Step 2: Discuss sociological cross-cultural difference Please read “cultural effect on sensing" and “Cultural Effect on Perceiving” separately and summarize the key points . Then share the key points with your classmates. You can have the classroom competition in groups to find more vivid examples about cultural influence on sensation and perception. In the end , you can find which group is the winner.
大学英语 跨文化交际
Chapter 3 Culture’s Influence on Perception
黑龙江大学外语部
Learning objectives:
Chapter Outline
Culture’s Influence on Perception Overview: Human Perception Cross-cultural Differences In Sensation and Perception Barriers to Accurate Perception How to Improve Your Perceptual Skills