Human Perception Assignment

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HUMAN DYNAMICS ASSIGNMENT

BY: SHREYA BISHT
ROLL NO: 323431 DIV: “D”
PERCEPTION

Perception is the organization, identification,and interpretation of sensory information in order to understand and representthe surroundings. All perception includes signals in the nervous system, which in turn result from chemical or physical stimulation of the sense organs. For example, smell is mediated by odor modules, hearing involves pressure waves and vision includes light striking at the retina of the eye. Perception is not the passive receipt of these signals, but is shaped by memory, learning, attention and expectation.

Perception involves these "top-down" effects as well as the "bottom-up" process of processing sensory input. The …show more content…

Human and animal brains are structured in a modularway, with different areas processing different kinds of sensory information.

Some of these modules take the form of sensory maps, mapping some aspect of the world across part of the brain's surface. These different modules are interconnected and influence each other. For instance, taste is strongly influenced by smell.

Psychologist Jerome Bruner has developed a model of perception. According to him people go through the following process to form opinions:
1. When we encounter an unfamiliar target we are open to different informational cues and want to learn more about the target.
2. In the second step we try to collect more information about the target. Gradually, we encounter some familiar cues which help us categorize the target.
3. At this stage, the cues become less open and selective. We try to search for more cues that confirm the categorization of the target. We also actively ignore and even distort cues that violate our initial perceptions. Our perception becomes more selective and we finally paint a consistent picture of the …show more content…

I have my primary mode of living focused externally, where I take things in through my senses in a concrete, literal fashion. My secondary mode is internal, where I deal with things logically and rationally.
I am outgoing, straight-shooting types. Excitable and enthusiastic, I come under the category which is the "doers", the one who live in the world of action. Blunt, straight-forward risk-takers, willing to jump right into things and get their hands dirty. I live in the here-and-now, and place little importance in introspection or theory. I just look at the facts of a situation, quickly decide what should be done, implement the action, and move on to the next thing.

I have a strange ability to judge people's motivations and attitudes.So I think I would be a good HR person. I pick up on little cues which go completely unnoticed by most other types, like stance and facial expressions. I am typically a couple of steps ahead of the person I am interacting with. I use this ability to get what I want out of any situation. If I have decided that something needs to be done, then my "do it and get on with it" attitude takes precedence over the rules. However, I have my own strong belief in what is wrong and what is right, and will stick to the principles I have made for

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