Organization Behavior, Buchanan and Huczynski (Chapter 8)

1. humans cannot take in too much sensory information, therefore we filter
2. selective attention- we pay attention to one thing over others
3. perceptual threshold- point beyond which we cannot sense
4. habituation- getting used to a certain sensory input
5. principle of closure- filling in missing information based on prior exposure
6. change blindness- we fill in the blanks and can often not detect even signifigant changes in the visual scene
7. How to avoid mis-perceiving:
1. get more information
2. get relavant information
3. don't see what we want to see, see what is
4. don't listen to hearsay
5. don't project
6. understand personal biases