MHR 523 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Stereotype, Agreeableness, Impression Management
30 Jan 2015
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\introduction to perception and personality in the workplace. How we view a situation and how we respond to that situation can be shaped by our personality, perceptions, emotions, and experience. Martin sligman learned optimism how we perceive a situation influences our response to it. Can learn optimism through personal strengths and personality traits humour/kindness/generosity learned optimism . Social perception and why it is important in the workplace. Way we view the world around us through the 5 senses touch/smell/hearing/vision/taste. Social perception: the process of interpreting information about another person. All management rely on perception selection process/ability, competencies, interests/performance and contribution. Familiarity/attitude/mood/cognitive structures/self-concept all influence how we perceive others. If during this process of observation and your information is accurate, you may have an accurate perception on them. Familiarity screens out information, because we like/know this person. Mood we think differently when we"re happy/mad/sad, positive mood good impression, negative bad.
