BU288 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Fundamental Attribution Error, Stereotype Threat, Structured Interview
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Perception is the process of interpreting the messages of our senses to provide order and meaning to the environment. Perception helps sort out and organize the complex and varied input received by our senses of sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing. The key word in this definition is interpreting. Some of the most important perceptions that influence organizational behaviour are the perceptions that organizational members have of each other. It has three components: a perceiver, a target that is being received, and some situational context in which the perception is occurring. Our needs unconsciously influence out perceptions by causing us to perceive what w wish to perceive. Lonely university students might misperceive the most innocent actions of members of the opposite sex as indicating interest in them. Emotions such as anger, happiness, or fear can influence our perceptions. Perceptual defence is when out perceptual system serves to defend us against unpleasant emotions.
