This paper will discuss the article ‘Seeing Versus Perceiving’ by David Gurry et al. (2006). The immediate reaction to an object such as light is referred to as sensation. Perception is an active process by which information sensed is organized and interpreted. Many people view perception as a passive process, but through critically analyzing it, you will realize that perception is an active process as it does not record data but creates them. Perception is influenced by an individual's experience, education, and culture. The central contrast between perception and sensing lies in attention.
Many people perceive what they expect to observe; thus, it becomes challenging for an individual to see the obscure and unexpected information. The concept of “ innatentional blindness” is important in understanding perception. “Innatentional” refers to a tendency for the attention of an individual to become focused on some aspects of a scene that are not even important to the scene while ignoring the most critical aspects of the scene. In many accident cases explained by this article, the important information to avoid the accident were available but because of concentrating on some aspect or assuming there is no hazard, leading to accidents occurring. There is a huge difference between sensing and perceiving that there is a danger in a work environment. Factors such as alarm validity, visual acuity and “innatentional blindness” should be put into consideration before determining whether the information was perceived or it was merely sensed.
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