TOPIC 3_PERCEPTION OF SELF & OTHERS_PART 2 Updated 28.11.2023.pdf

TOPIC 3 PERCEPTION OF THE SELF AND OTHERS  What is perception? Perception is the process by which we become aware of It is an active objects, events, and process and people around us. influences yo...

TOPIC 3 PERCEPTION OF THE SELF AND OTHERS  What is perception? Perception is the process by which we become aware of It is an active objects, events, and process and people around us. influences your communication choices. Interpersonal perception is a continuous series of processes that blend into one another. The process is separated into stages. What are the five stages in perception process?  The five stages Perception is of perception important process in its because its sequence are influence your as you can see communication in the diagram. choices. Interpretation Stimulation Organization Memory Recall -Evaluation  Stage 1 At stimulation stage, your sense Stimulation organs are stimulated. You engage in selective perception, a general term that includes selective attention and selective exposure.  Stage 2 Organization ▪ People organize their perceptions by rules, by schemata, and by scripts. ▪ You organize the information your sense pick up.  Stage 3 Interpretation- Interpretation-Evaluation is greatly evaluation influenced by experiences, needs, wants, values and beliefs, rules, schemata, scripts and gender. Women have been found to view others more positively than men. Judgement about members of other cultures are often The term is combined ethnocentric due to your because the two processes schemata and scripts are created is inseparable. on the basis of your own cultural belief and experience. Stage 4 Memory Your perceptions are put into memory, they are stored to that you may retrieve them at some later time. The information is stored in memory as “cognitive tags”. Schemas act as gatekeepers; allow and distort certain kinds of information. Stage 5 ▪ Accessing the information you have Recall stored in memory. ▪ People recall information that is consistent with schema, not specific information. ▪ People fail to recall information that is inconsistent with schema, no place to put that information and easily lose it or forget it. ▪ People may recall information that drastically contradicts to schema because it forces them to think about their schema and its accuracy. End of part 2 Thank you