ADM 2336 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Structured Interview, Performance Appraisal, Perceived Organizational Support

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 2336
• Professor: Rami Asadi

Document Summary

Perception is the process of interpreting the messages of our sense 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 perceiver"s experience, needs and emotions can affect his or her perceptions of a target. The perceptual defence - the tendency for the perceptual system to defend the perceiver against unpleasant emotions. Perception involves interpretation and the addition of meaning to the target, and ambiguous targets are especially susceptible to interpretation and addition. Every instance of perception occurs in some situational context, and this context can affect what one perceives. The most important effect that the situation can have is to add information about the target. A theory that states that people form perceptions of themselves based on their characteristics and memberships in social categories. Personal identity - based on our unique personal characteristics, e. g. interests, abilities, traits.