perception.pptx
- 2. Perception:- Perception includes the five senses; touch, sight, sound, smell, and taste. Perception is the process through which the information from outside environment is selected, received, organized and interpreted to make it meaningful to you. This input of meaningful information results in decisions and actions.” Perception may be defined as a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.” perception is the act of seeing what is there to be seen. But what is seen is influenced by the perceiver, the object and its environment. The meaning of perception emphasises all these three points.
- 3. Nature and characteristics of personality 1.Perception is a selective process 2.Perception requires sensation 3.Perception involves organisation 4.Perception involves past experience 5.Change is the basis of perception 6.Perception is objective as well as subjective 7.Perception has affective aspect
- 6. Perception skills can be enhanced/ improved by:- Knowing and perceiving oneself accurately. Seeing a situation/ problem as it is experienced by others, i.e. empathy. Having positive attitude towards the problems and situations we are confronted with . Improving one’s self esteem or self concept. Avoiding the common biases in perception. Making two way/ effective communication to dispel mis- communication or lack of communication. Making a conscious effort to avoid attribution.
- 7. Some examples of perception (1) Your perception of school may be different from your friends because you have had different experiences in your classes (2) Seeing letters on a page is a sensation and interpreting them as our favourite passage in a novel is a perception.