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CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter consists of two main parts, namely theoretical description and theoretical framework. Theoretical description explains about the theories that are
used in this study to answer the research question. The theories are about perception, writing assignment, translation, attitude, and perceived usefulness.
Meanwhile the second part will explain about theoretical framework. Theoretical framework will synthesize all the theories elaborate in theoretical
description in order to make correlation between the theories and recent study.
A. Theoretical Description
1. Perception
George and Jones 2005 state that perception is how an individual sees others and how other perceive individual. They also said that
perception is a process to select, organize, and interpret the input from their sense vision, hearing, touch, smell, and taste to give meaning and
order around by someone. This statement is also supported by Huffman 2000 who states the similar statement with George and Jones. Therefore,
perception might be different from one to another person.
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Perception is a cognitive process which lets people to interpret and understand surroundings as stated by Kreitner and Kinicki 2007, p. 207.
Figure 2.1 The Perceptual Process Altman et al, 1985, p.86
Based on Figure 2.1, perceptions occur because of stimuli. Then, the sensors‟ selection of stimuli will respond and create perception,
organization, and interpretation of stimuli to be behavioral response. The theory above is supported by Gibson, Ivaneceivh, and Donnely
2006, p. 99 who define perception as a process involving receive, organize, and interpret the stimuli.
Therefore, perception is the way people look or understand something from their own views Mouly, 1973. They believe what they
see and they see what they believe. The perception of people will be different from one to another.
However, it is not something bad. The difference of point of view is true since people have their own opinion to see thing from their own
perceptive.
Perception, organization,
and interpretation
of stimuli Se
nsors‟ selection of
stimuli Stimuli
Behavioral response
