Perception 1

Question 1

The process through which people take raw sensations from the environment and interpret them using knowledge, experience and understanding of the world so that the sensations become meaningful experiences.

Answer 1

Perception

Question 2

What are 5 factors affecting perception?

Answer 2

1. Motivation
2. Expectation
3. Emotion
4. Culture
5. Past Experiences

Question 3

A process where a person first communicates with themselves based on the way they perceive the sensory data from different senses.

Answer 3

Intrapersonal Communication

Question 4

Food products will seem to be brighter in color when you are hungry.

Answer 4

Motivation

Question 5

Allows perceiver to focus their attention on particular aspects of the incoming sensory information, but can also distort perception.

Answer 5

Expectation

Question 6

Not noticing printing/typing errors because we’re expecting to see particular words or letters.

Answer 6

Expectation

Question 7

Affects perception by altering how the information is taken in.

Answer 7

Emotions

Question 8

Finding people with squeaky voices talking fast paced as annoying when tired, compared to when we are not tired.

Answer 8

Emotions

Question 9

Russia - Red Revolution
China - Lucky Color
India - Life Giving Purity
Middle East - Danger, Evil

Answer 9

Culture

Question 10

Affect perception because they’re being stored in the mind of an individual.

Answer 10

Past Experiences