... say, we put a variety of information together about other people through a set of mental complex processes, and draw our conclusions. 'Perception is a complex process by which people select, organise and interpret sensory stimulation into a meaningful picture of the world' (Arnold, 1995, P.263)The general perceptual process can be divided into 3 stages. 'First of all, the first stage in the process of perception is selection and attention.' (Mullins, 1999, P.378).The person will process information and receive the stimuli from the environment such as sight, sound, smell, taste etc. But each person has his physical limits. It is impossible for an individual to surpass the limits to attend everything in his environment, so he has to learn to be selective to certain stimuli. 'And there are two important factors to be considered: first, internal factors relating to the state of the individual such as personality, learning and motives. Second, the ...

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