Psychology

Perception is a sensory experience of what is in our surrounding world. It involves both the recognition of the environmental stimuli and the actions that occurs in response to these stimuli. Through the perceptual process is how we are able to gain information about the elements and properties of the environment including people which is quite critical to our survival
Perception of other people or things in our environment involves three stages which include the selection, organization, and interpretation of information. The selection stage starts with occurrence of sensory stimulation. It involves coming in contact with a specific stimulus which in this case is a person. It can be done through listening to his voice, seeing him through your eyes, touch his skin or smell his scent among others. This then progresses to the next stage which is organization. In this stage the individual organizes the apparent perception in the mind by making it ready to be shaped up in overt response. For instance, if it was a perception of a child, you will feel tenderness or protective in your heart.

This then brings forth the third and final stage of perceiving a person which is the interpretation of the sensory stimulation. The phase includes the execution of the response which can be expressed verbally or physically. For example if it was an ugly looking man then you will either frown of look away. (Jones 15)

Attribution and attribution biases
Attribution theory is a motivational theory that looks at how an average person constructs the meaning of an event based on his motives to find a cause and his knowledge of the environment. It basically looks at how people try to make sense of their world by analyzing situations through making inferences about others dispositions. (Jones 7)

Attribution biases on the other hand are a class of cognitive errors which are triggered when people assess the qualities or dispositions of others based on incomplete evidence. For example a husband may ask the reason why his wife left the room with a sudden burst of tears while they were in the middle of what was supposed to be an innocent conversation about how day went at the office. The husband can simply make judgments about himself without even considering if her emotional outburst pertains something about her personality or her behavior in previous incidences among other reasons. (Jones 8)

The knowledge of the concepts relating to attribution biases can be quite important at work since it helps all professionals to understand their responsibilities to adhere and promote standards of professional behavior in that people will not jump and make comments or assumptions about other colleagues without having full knowledge of what they are implying. Furthermore, it also ensures that that the people working in the same field or organization to maintain respect for others by understanding the differences among the different individuals.