Perceptions (Walden University)

In this paper a study of how differences and similarity affect individuals’ perceptions of one man’s ethics will be performed. The study will be done by three categories of perceptions in which three people will be ask to give their perception of the person in question on the photo: the first one being selecting category in which the person in question would be perceived as salience, vividness, and a social learning; second category is organizing in which the person in question would be perceived to be stereotyped, prototyped, and scripted; the third category is interpreting in which the person in question is perceived to be judged by biases in attribution, judge by context and closure.

As I sit and watch the people that I asked to describe the man in the picture, I must say I quite a few interesting perceptions of what they thought about the person in question. One person just glanced at the photo started off saying that guy was a drunk who just got up off the ground. The second person I ask said that he was a peculiar looking person who is probably a parent waiting on his child to get off the bus. The third person started off describing the man as thief waiting on his next victim to go to work. It never ceases to amaze me about how people feel as if they can just look at you and determine your character.

The first observer is a detective with the local police department. He has been on the force for 17 years and claims to be able to identify people in question characteristics by how they dress and their facial expressions. He claims to have worked with plenty of public drunks in which they possess the same appearance as the guy in the photo. The detective also mentions the man as fitting the description of a drifter and drug addict. Now keep in mind that the detective is man of the law enforcement meaning he should be righteous but could very well be wrong. With that being said, from listen to how the detective describes his thoughts on the person...