MHR 405 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Projective Test, Externals, Stereotype
4 Oct 2015
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Introduction to perception and personality in the workplace. How we view/respond to a situation is shaped by our personality, perceptions, emotions, and experience. Pessimistic perspective (glass half empty instead of glass half full) Learned optimism being more positive in interactions by using our strengths and personality traits such as humour, kindness, and generosity. Optimists are more successful at work and in school. Social perception and why it is important in the workplace. Perception: involves way we view the world around us, adds meaning to information gathered via the five senses of touch, smell, hearing, vision, and taste. A model for social perception (three major factors influence our perception of others) fig. 3. 1. Characteristics of the perceiver: familiarity with target, attitudes, mood. Positive; form more of a positive perception. Negative; tend to evaluate others unfavourable: self-concept. Negative; can lead a perceiver to pick out negative traits: cognitive structure. Characteristics of the target: physical appearance.
