2. People differ in their thought processes and the
way they look at things.
Different people interpret the world differently.
“Is a process by which an individual selects,
organizes and interprets stimuli into a
meaningful and coherent picture of the
environment.”
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5. 1.Sensation –
Is the immediate & direct response of the sensory organs to stimuli.
A stimulus is a single input of any of the senses.
2. Absolute threshold –
Is the minimum level that the individual can experience a sensation . In
other words, he can distinguish the difference between something & nothing.
3. Differential Threshold or Just Noticeable Difference (JND) –
Is the minimal difference that can be detected between two similar
stimuli.
4. Subliminal Perception –
There are certain types of stimuli which are not strong enough to exceed
the absolute threshold, but somehow stimulates the subconscious mind &
get recorded there, sometimes without the knowledge of the preceptor.
6. 1 .ADJUSTING WITH THE CHANGING
ENVIRONMENTAL.
2. PERCEPTION AND INDIVIDUAL DECISION
MAKING
3. INFLUENCING PERCEPTION OF OTHERS
4. AVOIDING INAPPROPRIATE ATTRIBUTIONS
5. MANAGING DIVERSITY
8. (1) SELECTIVE PERCEPTION
Perceptual selectivity refers to the tendency to select certain objects from the
environment.
(2) ATTRIBUTION
Attribution simply refers to how people explain the cause of another’s as their own
behavior.
(3) STEREOTYPING
Stereotyping means judging someone on the basis of one’s perception of the
group to which that person belongs.
(4) HALO EFFECT
The halo effect refers to the tendency of judging people on the basis of a
single trait which may be good or bad, favorable or unfavorable.
9. (5) PROJECTION
It is easy to judge others if we assume that they are similar to us.
When one’s own personal attributes are assigned to others, then
projection takes place.
(6) PERCEPTUAL SET
A perceptual set means previously held beliefs about an object’s
influence on individual perception of similar objects.
(7) EXPECTANCY
Expectancy is a tendency to perceive people, object events on the
basis of what we expected them to be in the First place. This
aspect is also known as “Self Fulfilling Prophecy”.