The Three Major Categories of Factors That Influence Our Perception

question 24

Multiple Choice

The three major categories of factors that influence our perception of another person include:

• A)characteristics of ourselves, the target person, and the situation.
• B)feeling, intuition, and sensing.
• C)timing, availability, and consistency of information.
• D)our own locus of control, the target person, and consistency of information.

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Definitions:

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