Perception, Attitude and Job Satisfaction || Organization Behaviour || by Anshika Vasandhani mam || U.I.E.T. kanpur ,CSJM University Kanpur || Unit 2nd
Definition of perception Perception means perceiving, i.e., giving meaning to the environment around us. It can be defined as a process which involves seeing, receiving, selecting, organising, interpreting and giving meaning to the environment. Nature of perception (1) Perception is the intellectual process. (2) Perception is the basic cognitive or psychological process. (3) Perception becomes a subjective process and different people may perceive the same event differently. Perception and Sensation There is a distinction between sensation and perception. Sensation is the response of a physical sensory organ. The physical senses are vision, hearing, tough, smell and taste. These senses are bombarded by stimuli and reactions in particular sense organ take place because of these, e.g., of sensation may be reaction of eye to colour, ear to sound and so on. Sensation percedes perception. Perception is much more than sensation. Perception depends upon the se