Determinants of perception are basically divided into two categories:
1. Structural
2. Behavioral

Structural determinants refer to those qualities that stem from the stimulus itself such as its size, shape, color, amount, intensity, continuity, distance, depth etc.

Behavioral determinants refer to attention, past experiences, needs, values, learning of a person

Besides these two basic categories another important determinant of perception is stimulus organization, that is, object arrangement. Perceptual organization is governed by the Gestalt laws of organization: Proximity, Similarity, Closure and Continuity.