Perception

(noun)

(cognition) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.

Related Terms

Examples of Perception in the following topics:

  • Combining multiple views

    • Slice selects the perception of one particular actor to represent the network (the dialog then asks, "which informant?").
    • That is, actor A's perceptions of his/her row values are used for row A in the output matrix; actor B's perceptions of his/her row values are used for row B in the output matrix.
    • Consensus uses the perceptions of all actors to create the summary index.
    • Average calculates the numerical average of all actor's perceptions of each pair-wise tie.
    • Sum calculates the sum of all actor's perceptions for each pair-wise tie.

  • Language and Perception

    • Various theories assume that language is not simply a representational tool; rather it fundamentally shapes our perception.
    • Various theories assume that language fundamentally shapes our perception.
    • Cognition and Communication Research Centre film describing recent research on the mapping between language and perception, and whether the language one speaks affects how one thinks.

  • The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

    • These variations in people's perceptions indicate that notions of youth and age are culturally constructed, and that there is no such thing as a universal age at which point one becomes old.
    • Japanese perceptions of elders diverge markedly from public perceptions of old age in the United States.
    • Given the socially constructed nature of age, there are certain behaviors that people typically associate with certain age groups as being "appropriate" or "acceptable. " Is this old woman challenging any conventional perceptions about how women of a certain age should behave?
    • Argue that the perception of aging is better either in the United States or in Japan, using Goffman's theory of social presentation

  • Ray Rist's Research

    • Ray Rist, a sociologist, found that social class contributed to the perceptions of teachers and was a predictor of scholastic success.
    • There are a number of ways social class can affect a teacher's perception of his or her students.
    • These early perceptions came to inform how the students viewed themselves, and had impacts on their eventual educational success.

  • The Social Construction of Aging

    • These variations in people's perceptions of who should or should not be considered elderly indicates indicates that notions of youth and age are culturally constructed.
    • Japanese perceptions of elders diverge markedly from public perceptions of old age in the United States.
    • Of course, interactions involving the perception of age must then vary by culture, as different cultures ascribe the notion of age with different values.
    • Given the socially constructed nature of age, there are certain behaviors that people typically associate with certain age groups as being "appropriate" or "acceptable. " Is this old woman challenging any conventional perceptions about how women of a certain age should behave?

  • Summary

    • Examining the ego-networks of individuals can provide insight into why one individual's perceptions, identity, and behavior differ from another's.

  • Cooley

    • It states that a person's self grows out of society's interpersonal interactions and the perceptions of others.
    • The term refers to people shaping their identity based on the perception of others, which leads the people to reinforce other people's perspectives on themselves.

  • Reference Groups

    • Reference groups become the individual's frame of reference and source for ordering his or her experiences, perceptions, cognition, and ideas of self.
    • Reference groups become the individual's frame of reference and source for ordering his or her experiences, perceptions, cognition, and ideas of self.

  • Uses of the concept

    • The relationship between the roles that are apparent from regular equivalence analysis and the actor's perceptions or naming of their roles can be problematic.

  • Panic

    • A moral panic is a mass movement based on the perception that some individual or group, frequently a minority group or a subculture, poses a menace to society.