Definition of perception Perception

14 3 The Situation Another factor influencing perception is situation. The background knowledge or past experience of someone will help people to understand the situation. If people are familiar with the information that they obtain they will interpret and absorb easily. For example, a fresh graduate bachelor who has no experience in working world would find difficulties to adapt with new atmosphere. They often find difficulties in the work time and rules compared to their behavior in college. 4 Self-concept According to Altman et al. 1985: 90, self-concept is the way people know and understand about themselves. Self-concept is very important for us because it will influence us in perceiving or doing something. However, individual self-concept changes in line with the growth of the person. Those are four main factors influencing perception according to Altman et al., Gibson et al. 1985: 64-67 adds three other factors influencing people perception. They are: 1 Stereotyping Stereotyping is one of the factors that can influence perception. Altman et al, 1985: 91, state that “stereotyping is the process of categorizing people or things based on a limited amount of information”. The limited information can be from family, society, or from books that influence people in drawing conclusion. People who live in a small town will perceive that working in a big town is more 15 prestigious than working in a small town. Stereotyping is a kind of judgment and it helps the decision maker simplifies the situation. 2 Needs Perception is also influenced by needs. It means that people will see or understand something if they want to really see it. People must have positive perception if they need something. For example, there is a student who really wants to get a scholarship to study abroad. One of the requirements is having the ability to speak English fluently. However, she is not into English. In order to fulfill the requirement, she has to practice her English everyday and try to like English. 3 Emotion Strong emotion may change perception. For example, when a student hates math, she or he will create negative perception toward math. She or he will perceive that math is difficult so that she or he is not motivated to learn it.

2. Microteaching

Microteaching is one of the compulsory subjects in the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education which belongs to KPE 368. Microteaching belongs to MKB which stands for Matakuliah Keahlian Berkarya.. This subject is conducted to prepare teacher candidates in order to be well prepared when they do their real teaching in school. In Microteaching, they are set in a small amount of students in a particular place Microteaching lab so that the atmosphere is almost the same as the real school Lesson Unit Plan of Micro teaching, 2009. In Microteaching