1. WHAT IS PERCEPTION Detect Select Organize Interpret Sensory inputs
To make sense of our environment
A process in which people

2. PERCEPTION IN ORGANIZATIONS
How we perceive people affects our appraisal of them
How we perceive people affects our behavior towards them
How we perceive problems affects our analysis, interpretations, and solutions

3. PERCEPTION IS DYNAMIC We are constantly interpreting sensory inputs
Our judgments change depending on variation in ourselves, others and the situation

4. SOME GESTALT PRINCIPLES
Proximity
Similarity
Closure
Figure-ground

5. PERCEPTUAL CONSTANCIES
Size
Shape
Color & brightness
Location

6. SET & CONTRAST
Set: the effect of past experiences affects what we perceive
Contrast: We make judgments based on objects in relation to background conditions

7. OBJECT AND PERSON PERCEPTION
People are more complex
People are capable of intentional actions
Our judgments about people are more often colored by third hand reports
It is more difficult to determine accuracy of perception regarding people

8. ORGANIZING SOCIAL PERCEPTION
Primacy effects
Halo effects
Contrast effects
Negative Vs positive information

9. REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS
Why do we describe perception as a dynamic process?
Why do first impressions have continuing impact?