Perception

(noun)

Conscious understanding of something; acuity.

Related Terms

  • awareness

Examples of Perception in the following topics:

  • Subjects of Informative Speeches

    • Informative speeches can cover many subjects as long as they can be discussed without persuading or altering the perceptions of the audience.
  • What to Look For

    • A public speaker should turn her mental magnifying glass inward to examine the values, beliefs, attitudes, and biases that may influence her perception of others.
    • When the speaker views the audience only through her mental perception, she is likely to engage in egocentrism.
  • Causes of Poor Listening

    • Whether anger, frustration, or anything else, this emotion could have a profound impact on the listener's perception of the rest of the conversation.
    • The vividness effect explains how vivid or highly graphic an individual's perception of a situation.
  • Analogies

    • In public speaking, analogy can be a powerful linguistic tool to help speakers guide and influence the perception and emotions of the audience.
  • Situational and Environmental Context

    • Situational awareness refers to one's perception of their environment and situation around them on a moment by moment basis.
  • Gender

    • Cognitive psychologist and linguistics suggest that word choice has significant framing effects on the perceptions, memories, and attitudes of speakers and listeners.
  • Solicit Information

    • Thus two people can view the same audience and come away with entirely different perceptions of it, even disagreeing about simple facts.
  • Build Credibility

    • If you communicate sincerely and honestly with the audience, you will enhance the perception of your character.
  • Proxemics

    • In addition, the perception and use of space varies significantly across cultures and different settings within cultures.
  • Hold the Audience's Attention

    • To hold the attention of the audience, a public speaker should consider three important aspects of the process of perception: readiness to perceive, selection of certain stimuli for focus of attention, and state of current awareness.
Subjects
  • Accounting
  • Algebra
  • Art History
  • Biology
  • Business
  • Calculus
  • Chemistry
  • Communications
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Microbiology
  • Physics
  • Physiology
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Statistics
  • U.S. History
  • World History
  • Writing

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