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“There are four vital factors which can influence someone to have perception towards something.
” Altman, et al., 1985, p.86. They are: 1. Selectivity
A person cannot catch all the stimuli in his environment. Each person selects certain stimuli. The selection of stimuli will be different from one person
to another. The different selection of stimuli because different interest towards
something. It is supported by Gibson, Ivancevich, and Donnelly 1997 that people tend to ignore information or cues that make them feel discomfort. People
will take the stimuli based on what they want and most of that stimulus is usually the positive one.
2. Organization of Stimuli According to Gibson et al., 1997, individuals tend to perceive data as
organized wholes. Stimuli that people perceived will influence people’s
perception when organize them. “The selected stimuli should be organized in
order to be meaningful. ” Altman et al., p. 87. The arrangement of stimuli affects
the people’s perception. 3. The Situation
A stimulus can be interpreted meaningfully by people based on their experiences. A situation in the past affects what people perceive.
“Perceiving a situation accurately is also related to how well a person adjusts his or her behavior
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of situation. ” Altman et al., p. 89. People cannot perceive something that they
have not experience about it.
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. Self-Concept “Self-concept is the way someone perceives his or herself. The way people
feel and see themselves will affect their perception of surrounding. ” Altman et
al., p. 90. Self-concept is very important because it will determine what a person perceives and does. For example, a student who feels that he or she is an
independent person, he or she will enjoy and like to be in the environment which requires his or her independence, as in the implementation of independent
learning which requires the children’ independent in learning the material.
Children ’s self-concepts can shape their like or dislike towards the
implementation of independent learning. Based on the explanation above, it can be concluded that everyone has his
or her own point of view on something. The same object or event can be perceived differently by different person then leads to different behavioral
response or attitudes. Related to this research, perception is the way how the students feel or think about and consider something, this case is the
implementation of independent learning in Kumon English Course.