Perception Refers to

question 307

Multiple Choice

Perception refers to

• A) a person's consistent behaviors or responses to recurring situations.
• B) a learned predisposition to respond to an object or class of objects in a consistently favorable or unfavorable way.
• C) the process by which an individual selects, organizes, and interprets information to create a meaningful picture of the world.
• D) seeing or hearing messages without being aware of them.
• E) the way people see themselves and the way they believe others see them.

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Definitions:

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