Communication
Session 7 Introduction to Comm Science
What will you learn in this
session?
• What is Perception?
• Physical vs Social
Perception
• Factors that
influence…
• The barriers to
Perception
What is perception?
Perception is a complex process. Perception is the “I”
behind senses. What occurs in the “real world”
maybe quite different from what we perceive to
occur.
DEFINITIONS OF PERCEPTION.......
• Cara organisme memberi makna
(John R. Wenburg and William W.
Wilmot)
• Proses menafsirkan informasi indrawi
(Rudolph F. Verderber)
• Persepsi adalah proses yang memung-
kinkan suatu organisme menerima dan
menganalisis informasi (Brian Fellows)
Perception is...
an active process of creating meaning by
selecting, organizing, and interpreting
people, objects, events, situations, activities
Persepsi meliputi
pengindraan
(sensasi) melalui
alat-alat indra.
Tahap berikutnya
adalah atensi dan
interpretasi
The process of selecting, organizing, and
interpreting sensory data in a way that
enables us to make sense of our world.
Perception
consists of three
processes:
- Selection
- Organization
- Interpretation
Persepsi
• Seleksi --- sensasi dan atensi
• Organisasi -- klasifikasi stimulasi
• Interpretasi -- memberikan makna
Proses Persepsi
Sensasi fisiologis
(bau/olfactory message)
Atensi bau yang
harum
Organisasi bau harum
bunga
Interpretasi aroma
harum bunga mawar
Persepsi manusia terbagi 2:
1. Persepsi
terhadap objek
(lingkungan fisik)
2. Persepsi
terhadap
manusia
(persepsi sosial)
The Differences between
Persepsi terhadap Persepsi terhadap manusia
Lingkungan Fisik (persepsi sosial)
1. Melalui lambang-lambang fisik 1. Melalui lambang-lambang verbal
& non verbal
2. Menanggapi sifat-sifat luar 2. Menaggapi sifat-sifat luar &
dalam (motif, perasaan, harapan)
3. Objek tidak mempersepsi balik 3. Persepsi bersifat interaktif
”
medium yang dilalui oleh seluruh peristiwa
kehidupan. We are culture.
E. T. Hall, 1976
“ Budaya adalah pattern of meanings yang
berbentuk simbol-simbol, yang diwariskan
secara turun-temurun, dan digunakan manusia
untuk berkomunikasi dan mengembangkan
pengetahuan serta sikap mereka.
” C. Geertz, 1991
CULTURE teaches us how to
perceive
• Internal factors influence our perception to the
realities.
• Internal factors: Religion, Education, Ideology,
Economic status,……
• Perception in Culture Bound How we
interpret the messages, objects, and
environment depend on the VALUES that we
BELIEVE
• One’s PERCEPTION is SUBJECTIVE
6 unsur BUDAYA yang
mempengaruhi PERSEPSI
(Larry A. Samovar & Richard E. Porter)
The truth is
We don’t really know
We’re only guessing