WHAT FACTORS RESIDE IN THE PERCEIVER, THE TARGET BEING PERCEIVED, O...

1. What factors reside in the perceiver, the target being perceived, or the context of the situation that operate to

shape and sometimes distort perception?

Difficulty:

3

Page-Reference:

38,39

Question ID:

02-3-131

Skill:

Applied

Topic:

Perception

Objective:

1

Answer :

Suggested answer:

- Attempts to interpret what is seen are influenced by personal characteristics of perceiver.

- Attitudes, motives, interests, past experiences shape the way we perceive.

- We often interpret others’ behaviour based on our own behaviour.

- Personal expectations can distort perception.

- Characteristics of target (e.g. volume, appearance, motion, sound, size), physical or time proximity of targets, and

similarity of targets will influence what we perceive.

- Situational factors such as location, light, heat, events, work setting, social setting can influence perception.