perception
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
FACULTY: EMS
DEPARTMENT: INDUSTRIAL PYSCHOLOGY
MODULE: IPS 331
LECTURER: Mr BRIGHT MAHEMBE
SURNAME: HENDRICKS
NAME: FIONA
STUDENT NUMBER: 3017978
PERCEPTION ASSIGNEMNT
TUTOR: SHAHANA KHAN
DUE DATE: 15/09/2014
Introduction
Perception is the process by which individuals selects, organizes, and interprets information inputs to create a meaningful picture of the world. Different people perceive the world differently. The following report will seek to evaluate the perceptions of three individuals who took part in a survey. The following research report, involved the compiling of a survey, which was distributed to survey participants, and the findings were then analyzed. The report will firstly start by discussing the survey participants’ view of handicapped people. It will secondly discuss the survey participants’ view of ex-convicts. Thirdly, the report will discuss the survey participants’ view of first-year students. Lastly, the report will draw logical conclusions as to why their perceptions differ.
Society’s perception of handicapped people
Firstly, we will start this report by discussing the survey participants’ view of handicapped people. Handicapped people are people who have an impairment which may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, development, or a combination of the named impairments. A person may be born with a disability, or it can occur during a person’s lifetime. The survey participants’ view of handicapped people are that the survey participants feel sorry for handicapped people, as they see many challenges for disabled people when adapting to various environments. Society often wants to lend a helping hand to handicapped people, but they often find that their help is rejected and that handicapped people prefer doing things on their own, and want to refrain from being the centre of attention. Possible reasons for this include the fact that handicapped people have
FACULTY: EMS
DEPARTMENT: INDUSTRIAL PYSCHOLOGY
MODULE: IPS 331
LECTURER: Mr BRIGHT MAHEMBE
SURNAME: HENDRICKS
NAME: FIONA
STUDENT NUMBER: 3017978
PERCEPTION ASSIGNEMNT
TUTOR: SHAHANA KHAN
DUE DATE: 15/09/2014
Introduction
Perception is the process by which individuals selects, organizes, and interprets information inputs to create a meaningful picture of the world. Different people perceive the world differently. The following report will seek to evaluate the perceptions of three individuals who took part in a survey. The following research report, involved the compiling of a survey, which was distributed to survey participants, and the findings were then analyzed. The report will firstly start by discussing the survey participants’ view of handicapped people. It will secondly discuss the survey participants’ view of ex-convicts. Thirdly, the report will discuss the survey participants’ view of first-year students. Lastly, the report will draw logical conclusions as to why their perceptions differ.
Society’s perception of handicapped people
Firstly, we will start this report by discussing the survey participants’ view of handicapped people. Handicapped people are people who have an impairment which may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, development, or a combination of the named impairments. A person may be born with a disability, or it can occur during a person’s lifetime. The survey participants’ view of handicapped people are that the survey participants feel sorry for handicapped people, as they see many challenges for disabled people when adapting to various environments. Society often wants to lend a helping hand to handicapped people, but they often find that their help is rejected and that handicapped people prefer doing things on their own, and want to refrain from being the centre of attention. Possible reasons for this include the fact that handicapped people have