Hi

Once again google to the rescue.  Have a look at:

http://www.perceptionmapping.com/

There you will learn that:

"Perception Mapping is a cultural CAT Scan and an accurate, low
cost roadmap for successful strategic intervention."

There is some other information there and at other business
sites, but nothing too specific.  Seemed like an application of
multi-dimensional scaling, which is consistent with following
quote from:

http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/neeraja-rohit/3y_mr/MDS.pdf

"To date, most MDS studies have been of a pilot type or
diagnostic in nature - useful for managers to get some feel for
how the brand is positioned in the minds of consumers vis-a-vis
competing brands. Some areas in which MDS has been successfully
used are - perception mapping for beers, soft drinks, fast moving
consumer goods, sales and service perceptions etc."

A couple of lessons here.  Want to make your fortune, take some
long-standing technique from experimental psychology, give it a
fancy new name, and go into the business-consultancy
business.  The second lesson, perhaps more relevant to teaching,
is that students can be told about the relevance of many of the
rather abstract things that we teach in psychology.

Best wishes 
Jim

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