OB section 5

Q1: Complete:
1- Perception has three components – a perceiver, a target that is being
perceived, and some situational context in which the perception is
occurring.
2- The situational context in which a perceptual event takes place
affects perception, usually by adding information about the target.
3- Factors That Influence Perception are Characteristics of Perceiver,
Characteristics of The Target and Characteristics of The Situation
Q2: True or False:
1- The perceiver’s experience, needs, and emotions can affect his or her
perceptions. (T)
2- The perceiver’s future experience leads him or her to develop
expectations, and these expectations affect current perceptions. (F)
3- The particular needs that an individual has at any given point in time
have no impact on his or her perceptions (F)
4- The particular emotions that an individual is experiencing at any
given point in time affect perception (T)
5- Perceivers have some need to resolve ambiguities about the target in
perception process (T)
6- A number of perceptual biases influence our perception. (T)
Q3: Choose the Right answer:
1- Sometimes, the perceptual system serves to defend against
unpleasant emotions, a phenomenon called ……………
a- perceptual defense
b- Emotional State
c- Needs
 d- Experience

2- The most important effect that the situation can have is to add
information about the ……….. in the perception process
a- Needs
b- Experience
c- Target
d- Perception
3- …………… is a systematic tendency to use or interpret information
about a target in a way that results in inaccurate perceptions
a- Target
b- Bias
c- Perception
d- behavior
Q4: Perception is a process by which people regard, analyze, retrieve, and
react to any kind of information from the environment. Briefly review the
perception process.
Process of perception
• Perceptual inputs - Objects, Events and people. All those things in the
setting where events occur or contribute to the occurrence of events
can be termed as Perceptual inputs.
• Perceptual Mechanism involves three elements viz. selection of
stimuli, organization of stimuli and interpretation of stimuli.
• Perceptual outputs -Attitudes, Opinions, Feelings & Values - The
result is the "BEHAVIOR
Q5: Perception bias is the tendency to perceive ourselves and our
environment in a subjective way. In a table explain the Bias types in
Perception with examples for each.
Answer: slides 17 & 18