Priya Kumar, the corporate and best
selling author of “ I Am Another You”
holds her perception of entrepreneur
as: ‘Vision and dream are enough to be
entrepreneur’. Entrepreneur is not a
designation, it is a mentality. It is the
way one thinks, not the title one owns.
Not the capital, but attitudes and
thinking are necessary. Self-driven,
sociability, reluctant to accept 'NO’ and
persistence to find out new ways till
work is done, willingness to take
responsibility, etc., can make a person
Perception
“A process by which individuals organize and
interpret their sensory impressions in order
to give meaning to their environment”
Perceptual Process
1. Inputs (Confrontation) – Inputs contain the
information about events, objects, and persons
which are fed by the sensory organs.
2. Selection (Registration) – The process of
choosing certain stimuli for further processing
is known as selection.
3. Organization – The perceptual organization
focuses on what takes place in the perceptual
process once the information from the external
situation is received.
Perceptual Process
4. Interpretation – This is the step where
meaningful picture of the event is drawn.
5. Output (Behavior/Feedback) – Output is the
result of perception.
Perceptual Process
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Perceptual
Mechanism
Factors That Affect Perception
1. Factors in the perceiver:
i. Attitudes
ii. Motives
iii. Interests
iv. Experience
v. Expectations
Factors That Affect Perception
2. Factors in the Target
i. Novelty
ii. Motion
iii. Sounds
iv. Size
v. Similarity
Factors That Affect Perception
3. Factors in the situation
i. Time - Context
ii. Work Setting
iii. Social Setting
Attribution Theory
“An attempt to determine whether an
individuals behavior is internally or externally
caused”.
Internally caused behaviors are those we
believe to be under the personal control of
the individual.
Externally caused behavior is that we imagine
the situation forced the individual to do.
Attribution Theory
There are three attempts to determine whether
a persons behavior is internally caused or
externally caused.
i. Distinctiveness – refers to whether an
individual displays different behaviors in
different situations.
Attribution Theory
ii. Consensus – if everyone who faces a similar
situation responds in the same way, we can
say the behavior shows consensus.
iii. Consistency – Does the person respond the
same way over time?
Attribution Theory
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Attribution Theory
Fundamental Attribution Error: “The
tendency to underestimate the influence of
external factors and overestimate the
influence of internal factors when making
judgments about behavior of others”
Self-Serving Bias: “The tendency for
individuals to attribute their own successes to
internal factors and put the blame for failures
on external factors”
Frequently Used Shortcuts in Judging
Others
Selective Perception: “The tendency to
selectively interpret what one sees on the
basis of one’s interests, background,
experience and attitudes”
Halo Effect: “The tendency to draw a general
impression about an individual on the basis of
a single characteristic”
Horns Effect
Frequently Used Shortcuts in Judging
Others
Contrast Effects: “Evaluation of a person’s
characteristics that is affected by
comparisons with other people recently
encountered who rank higher or lower on the
same characteristics”.
Frequently Used Shortcuts in Judging
Others
Stereotyping: “Judging someone on the basis
of one’s perception of the group to which that
person belongs”.
Profiling: “A form of stereotyping in which a
group of individuals is singled out – typically
on the basis of race or ethnicity – for
intensive enquiry, scrutiny or investigation”.
Assignment
Impression Management
Is it Ethical or Unethical