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What is perception?
The process by which people notice and make
sense of information from the environment
The process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment The active process of sensing reality and organizing it into meaningful views or understandings.
What is perception?
Perception is how we.
Select
Organize
Interpret
Retrieve
PERCEPTION
Perceptual Process
Stimuli Observation Selection
(ext/int. factors)
Organization
Interpretation
(Perceptual errors Attributions)
Response
(Covert/Overt)
Attribution
Assigning to a cause or source The way in which people explain the cause for their own or others behavior Behavior Internally caused Dispositional Externally caused Situational
or
Attribution
4. Contrast Effects
5. Projection
Selective Perception
Select only a few stimuli at a given time Selective filtering of information
Tendency to selectively interpret what one sees on the basis of ones interests, background, experience and attitudes
Halo Effect
Drawing a general impression about an individual on the basis of a single characteristic
Stereotyping
Generalizing characteristics on basis of category or class to which person belongs
Common stereotypes relate to age groups, gender, regional & religious groups, economic classes, occupations, education levels....
Contrast Effects
Projection
for
making
rational
&
logical
decisions
Assumes that there is a single, best
decision maker has complete information regarding situation. Known options: The decision maker can identify all the relevant criteria & can list all the viable alternatives. Furthermore, the decision maker is aware of all possible consequences of each alternative. Clear preferences: That the criteria & alternatives can be ranked & weighted to reflect their importance. Constant preferences: The specific decision criteria are constant & weights assigned to them are stable over time. No time or cost constraints: The rational decision maker can obtain full information about criteria & alternatives because there are no time or cost constraints. Maximum payoff: The rational decision maker will choose the alternative that yields the highest perceived value
Limitations
Requires a great deal of time.
are available & agreed upon. It assumes accurate, stable & complete knowledge of all the alternatives, preferences, goals & consequences. It assumes a rational, reasonable, non political world
judgmental shortcuts
Bounded Rationality
Individuals
make decisions by constructing simplified models that extract the essential features from problems without capturing all their complexity The decision maker takes the decision or is assumed to choose a solution though not a perfect solution but good enough solution based on the limited capacity to handle the complexity of the situation, ambiguity & information Realistic Approach for Rational Decision Making Process
Anchoring Bias
Confirmation Bias Availability Bias
Escalation of Commitment
Randomness Error Hindsight Bias
Rights approach
ethical action is the one that best protects & respects the moral rights of those affected
Justice
ethical actions treat all human beings equally or if unequally, then fairly based on some standard that is defensible