Perception of man by man and his characteristics
Perception is informativeThe process by which an individual receives sensory information about the objects of the world around him. Without a doubt, human perception of a person occupies a special niche in this sphere, and its study requires consideration of specific laws and other features.
Perception characteristics
Perceptions of man by man are, first,the process of accumulation of sensory experience, active interaction with the object, aimed at obtaining a maximum of significant information about it. Differing by its constancy, it does not change depending on the angle and some other external conditions accompanying it. However, it is worth noting that the latter play an important role in such a process as the person's perception of his interlocutor. So, the changing play of shadows and light makes the perceiver always endow the object of study with new, often uncharacteristic, properties. Distance does not have the last effect on the discrimination of proportions, forms, on the drawing of the details of the object.
Effects of human perception of man
Studying the perception of people by each other, one can notstop on the effects that form in the mind a more detailed image of the object under study. In connection with this, in psychological science, a category has emerged and developed, such as social perception, which takes into account the characteristics of the mutual perception of various social groups (including human perception of a person).
The mechanisms of social perception are used tothe most accurate interpretation of the data. These include the following: the effect of novelty, primacy, stereotyping, halo, identification, social identity, casual attribution. The effect of novelty manifests itself mainly in the fact that new information received by someone about the perceived person plays a greater role than given to him earlier. The effect of primacy plays a diametrically opposite role, it serves as an explanation of why the first impression imposes such a significant imprint on the image of the perceived person that we create. Casual attribution allows you to assign an individual a certain motivation and characteristics not previously presented.
Conditions for successful perception of the interlocutor
Perception of man by man is a complex process. Its success and effectiveness will be high in the event that its participants will differ in the proper level of formation of the competencies necessary for this. Thus, a person's perception of a person requires from each high level of empathy (that is, the ability to empathize and understand the partner's emotional state) and social attraction, which includes positive social attitudes.
