Understanding and Overcoming Bias in Perception
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Organizational Behaviours
Table of ContentsIntroduction...........................................................................................................................................2Main context..........................................................................................................................................2Factors that distort and limit perception............................................................................................2Overcoming the problem...................................................................................................................5Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................8References.............................................................................................................................................91
IntroductionPerception is the process by which an individual organize and interpret sensory information.It describes the way an individual filter, arrange and interpret information. An appropriateperception enables an individual to make accurate decisions. An inappropriate perceptionleads to the occurrence to many problems that affect the growth of an organization.Perception depicts how an individual determines, organizes and examines information inputsin order to develop a meaningful picture. It depends on the physical stimuli and also on therelation stimuli to the surrounding field. Perception varies from one people to another whichinfluences their decision-making process (Davis, Palladino and Christopherson, 2013).Personal characteristics that influence perception includes person’s attitudes, pastexperiences, motives interest and expectations. There are many factors that shape or distortperception. The managers of any organization should determine and interpret situations in anappropriate manner. The decisions of an individual are greatly influenced by its perception.The desires and need of an individual can influence its perception. Main contextFactors that distort and limit perception The perception is depicted as a process by which the individual organizes and interprets thesensory perceiving for the purpose of providing meaning to the environment. It perceives thesubstantial different objectives which are used for determining the objectives in a reality way.The perception is depicted to be important for the study of the behaviour of the people arebased on their perception and also the reality is being considered while undertaking theperception into the study (Del Missier, Mäntylä and Bruin, 2011). The perception is alsodefined as the process by which the individual organizes, interprets and selects the inputinformation to create a meaningful picture of the world. This simply illustrates the physical2
stimuli which are surrounding the reaction as present in this field. The key point isestablished to be illustrating the exposure of the key points and the knowledge regarding thesame reality. Some of the characteristics are the fast talking, aggressive and the insincereattitude. The response to these characteristics might be different as well as similar withdepending on the situation that is raised in front of the receiver.As per the factors are considered, there are a number of the factors that are responsible fordistorting the perception of the individual which is depicted to be residing the perceiver in theobject, and also it targets the perceiver (Ehrich, Flanders and Soechting, 2008). The followingare the factors which are provided in the following points:Factors in the perceiver include the attitudes, motives, interests, expectations andthe experiences. Factors in the situation include the work setting, time and the social settings.Factors in the target include the size, sounds, novelty, proximity, motion and thesimilarity (Troscianko and Smith, 2010). The explanation is surrounding the individual when it looks at the target for the purpose ofinterpreting; it is depicted to be heavily influenced by the personal characteristics as it isbeing represented in this case. The individual characteristics are illustrated by illustrating theeffect of perception on the person’s attitude and also the personal motives or the interests.The expectation of being authoritative is characterized by the individual characters and thepresence of the internal attractive and the unattractive characteristics (Goode, 2017). Thesearise due to the cultural traits, and also the characteristics are identified to be showing theobservation of the effect in the form of the effect made to the target. The voice of the peopleis depicted to be illustrating the extremely attractive and the unattractive characteristics of thetargets. It is because the isolation and the relationship of the target are being considered and3
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