PERCEPTION

I. OBJECTIVES :

 K N O W A N D U N D E R S TA N D W H AT P E R C E P T I O N I S A L L
A B O U T, A N D H O W I T W O R K S I N U S ?

 HOW UNDERSTUNDING PERCEPTION BE A

C O N T R I B U T I N G FA C TO R I N R E A L I Z I N G T H E O B J E C T I V E S
OF PSYCHOLOGY AS A SCIENCE.

 C O R R E L AT E TO P I C O U T C O M E W I T H T H E A C A D E M Y ’ S
INSTITUTIONAL GOAL.
II. REVIEW OF PREVIOUS
LEARNING ACTIVITIES

a. SEN SATI ON

b. R EC EPTOR S

c. TH E SEN SES
I I I . I N T R O D U C T I O N TO T H E
TO P I C

 AC TI VI TY N O. 1

 R EL ATE AC TI VI TY TO TH E TOPI C
I V. P E R C E P T I O N

 R E F E R S TO T H E C O M B I N AT I O N O F T H E
D I F F E R E N T S E N S AT I O N S A N D T H E
U T I L I Z AT I O N O F T H E PA S T E X P E R I E N C E S
I N R E C O G N I Z I N G O B J E C T S A N D FA C T S
W H E R E T H E P R E S E N T S T I M U L AT I O N A R I S E S
FA C T S A B O U T P E R C E P T I O N

a. AT T E N T I O N

- T E R M T H AT C O V E R S A L L A S P E C T S O F T H E
SELECTIVE PROCESS

b. SET

- R E F E R S TO T H E FA C TO R S O F P R O C E S S E S
W I T H I N A N I N D I V I D U A L T H AT D E T E R M I N E W H AT O N E
S H A L L PAY AT T E N T I O N TO
R E A D I N E S S T O R E S P O N D M AY B E

a. M O TO R S E T - R E A D I N E S S TO R E S P O N D W H E N I T
COMES

b. PERCEPTUAL SET - R E A D I N E S S TO P E R C E I V E
C E RTA I N S T I M U L I

c. M E N TA L S E T - R E A D I N E S S O F T H E M I N D TO
RESPOND AND DETERMINE HOW ONE THINKS OF A
GIVEN PROBLEM
ACTIVITY NO. 2

 GROUP ACTIVITY

 TEST OF PERCEPTION
INSTRUCTIONS
(ACTIVITY NO. 2)

1. GROUP THE CLASS IN 3.

2. EACH GROUP SHALL ANSWER THE QUESTION BASED ON

T H E 3 G I V E N F I G U R E S A N D S TAT E M E N T S .

3. EACH GROUP SHALL BE ALLOTED 1 MINUTE FOR EACH

F I G U R E / S TAT E M E N T T O A N S W E R .

4. C H O O S E A P R E S E N T E R F O R E A C H G R O U P.

5. M A K E A G E N E R A L I Z AT I O N B A S E D O N T H E G I V E N A N S W E R .
TEST OF PERCEPTION

 HOW MANY CIRCLES AND SQUARES APPEAR BELOW?

TEST OF PERCEPTION

 FRANK’S MOTHER HAD THREE CHILDREN, THE FIRST WAS NAMED

JUNE, THE SECOND WAS NAMED MAY. WHAT WAS THE THIRD

CHILD’S NAME.
TEST OF PERCEPTION
 A PA RT F R O M T R I A N G L E S A N D R E C TA N G L E S ( 4 - S I D E D
GEOMETRIC FIGURES) DO ANY OTHER GEOMETRIC
FIGURES APPEAR BELOW?
V. CONCLUDING STATEMENT

“PERCEPTION IS NO

MIRROR OF REALITY”
ASSUMPTION
( C O N C L U D I N G S TAT E M E N T )

 P E O P L E O F T E N T I M E S A S S U M E T H AT P E R C E P T I O N P R O V I D E S
P E R F E C T LY A C C U R AT E R E F L E C T I O N S O F R E A L I T Y. P E R C E P T I O N
I S N O M I R R O R O F R E A L I T Y D U E T O T H E F O L L O W I N G FA C T O R S :

1. H U M A N S E N S E S D O N O T R E S P O N D TO M A N Y A S P E C T S O F
THEIR SURROUNDINGS.

2. SOMETIMES, OFTEN PERCEIVE STIMULI WHICH ARE NOT

PRESENT

3. H U M A N P E C E P T I O N D E P E N D O N E X P E C TAT I O N , M O T I V E S
A N D PA S T E X P E R I E N C E S .
ASSUMPTION
( C O N C L U D I N G S TAT E M E N T )

 THUS RESULTING TO :

1. STEREOTYPING

2. PREJUDISM
VI. ASSESSMENT

a. R E L AT E TO P I C D I S C U S S E D W I T H T H E S E T

OBJECTIVES.

b. MAKE AN INDIVIDUAL INSIGHTS REGARDING THE

TO P I C S D I S C U S S E D ( A S S I G N E D TA S K )