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PERCEPTION
What Is Perception, and
Why Is It Important?
Factors
That
Influence
Perception
Perceptual Organization
• Perceptual Set
• Attribution
• Stereotyping
• Primacy/Recency Effects
• Halo effect
• Perceptual context
• Perceptual defense
• Implicit Personality theory
• Projection
Perceptual Set
When previously held beliefs about objects
influence an individual’s perceptions of similar
objects it is referred to as “Perceptual Set”
Attribution
It refers to the process by which the individual
assigns causes to the behavior he or she
conceives.
Stereotyping
It is the tendency to assign attributes to someone
solely on the basis of a category of people to
which that person belongs.
Primacy Effect
It refers to the disproportionately high weight
given to the first information obtained about a
stimulus.
Recency Effect
It refers to the disproportionately high weight given to the
last information obtained about a stimulus.
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Perceptual Context
It refers to the context in which an object is placed
influences perception. The organizational culture &
structure provide the primary context in which workers
and managers do their perceiving
Perceptual Defense
• Here an individual is likely to put up a defense when confronted with conflicting,
unacceptable or threatening stimuli.
• It could be in the form of outright denial, modification of the data received, change in
perception but refusal to change & change in the perception itself.
Feedback
Known to Not Known to
Self Self
Not Known
to Others Hidden Area Unknown Area
Social Perception