Megha Tomar

PERCEPTION AND ATTRIBUTION

Presented By-Harjeet KaurMegha Tomar

Ritu MittalSimran Gupta

(Group 7)

“ WE DON’T SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE, WE

SEE THINGS AS WE ARE.”

PERCEPTION???•the way you think about or understand someone or something•the ability to understand or notice something easily•the way that you notice or understand something using one of your senses

Characteristics of the perceiver

•Moods•Expectations

Characteristics of the perceived

•Time•Work Setting

Characteristics of the situation

•Sounds•Size

FACTORS AFFECTING PERCEPTION

Person Perception: Making Judgements About Others

Individual Behaviour

Consistency

Consensus

Distinctiveness

DistinctivenessDoes this person

behave in this manner in other

situation?

YESLow

Distinctiveness

NOHigh

Distinctiveness

ConsensusDo other person behave in the same manner?

NoLow

Consensus

YesHigh

Consensus

ConsistencyDoes this person

behave in this same manner at

other times ?

NoLow

Consistency

YesHigh

Consistency

Yes- Internal attribution No- External attribution

People selectively interpret what they see on the basis of their

interests, background, experience and attitudes.

Selective Perception

Shortcuts in judging others

Drawing a general impressions about an individual on the basis

of a single characteristics.

Halo Effect

Contrast Effect

Evaluation of a person’s

characteristics that are effected by

comparisons with other people recently encountered who rank higher or lower on the same characteristics.

Projection

Attributing one's own characteristics to other

people.

Stereotyping

Judging someone on the basis of one’s perception of the

group to which that persons belongs.