Perception and Attention

Perception and Attention Perception is a remarkable trait. Consider human vision, a two-dimensional array of light appears on the retina, which houses the visual receptors. Instead of seeing a random collection of color dots, people immediately experience a rich, coherent, veridical, three-dimensional perception of an object, person, or event Perhaps the most astounding fact is that this occurs immediately, mostly outside of conscious awareness (Robinson-Riegler& Robinson-Riegler, 2008). Perception and attention are two independent mechanisms relevant to one another. Attention is the state of focused awareness on a division of available perceptual information. This paper will explain the concept of perception, break down the perceptual organizational process, define the concept of attention, analyze the nature of the attention process and explain the relationship between perception and attention.
Define the concept of perception
The term perception refers to the complete process of apprehending objects and events in the community. Perception is a set of processes that organize information in the sensory image and interprets that information from experiences of the external world. Perception commonly focuses on the apprehension of objects or events, opposed to focusing on sensation or sensory process. Perception is process of obtaining sensory information about the world of people, things, and events. Perception is acquired through an independent sensory receptor that evaluates stimulation into simple sensations and by associating those sensations into perceptual structures; the brain mirrors the environment (Perception, 2004). Perception is the next stage, in which an internal representation of an object is formed and a perception of the external stimulus is developed. The representation provides a description of the perceiver’s external environment. The visual process provides estimates of an object’s likely size, shape, movement, distance, and orientation

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