Perception And Perception Of Perception

Perception is the way you think or understand someone or something. Some people use perception to let it influence their thoughts and beliefs. They view people in a different way before knowing them and their potential. It is human instinct to misperceive before understanding the truth in circumstances such as “The Faith of Rahab”, misperceiving other individuals, and also myself.

Perceived view can be seen as the opposite of received view. In perceived view, also known as interpretive views, phenomenology and constructivism are two major characteristics. Phenomenology can be described as “emphasis of the appearance of things and not things themselves, each individual experience is unique, and can have multiple interpretations of reality” (Bargagliotti, n.d.). Overall, this means that people can have different interpretations of a same experience.

Perception: a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.

Sense perception is one way that allows us to interact and communicate with each other and the world. This is our primary way of knowing because our senses live experiences that we go through. Based on our senses we are to make interpretations of the world. For example, in class, each pair was given a box. Inside the box, there was one metal ball, but you had to figure out the structure or the form of a maze inside the box. We couldn't see inside the box, and we couldn’t touch the inside of the box. By using our sense of hearing and another way of knowing, imagination, we were able to make an educated guess of what the inside structure of the box looked like.

Perception is the way in which we view reality, ourselves, others and the world around us. The reality is the real state of things. In fact, it is how things are, whether we perceive them to be or not. Perceptions are based on experience and then experience leads to belief. Most feel their beliefs are true, however, all they have is their perception. Perception comes from how they choose to describe their experiences, or how they have been taught to understand them. Truth does not always come from experience; it comes from facts and

Perception checking is a cooperative approach to communication that provides accuracy instead of assuming our first interpretation is correct. It minimizes defensiveness through face saving and requires both nonverbal and verbal elements to match. The benefits of perception checking is to help us have a better understanding of a message, so both persons can mutually relate and to reduce conflict so we don 't jump to conclusions. In the perception process reality is constructed in two ways. The first order realities is physically observable qualities of a thing or situation. For example, if your friend calls you a “bone head”. On the other hand, second order realities cannot reside in objects or events but rather in our minds. It involves our attaching meaning to first order things or situations. For instance, your friend is being critical is an example of second order realities. Perception checking has three parts: description, interpretation, and clarification. Description is describing a behavior that was noticed. Interpretation is providing interpretations of the behavior, Lastly, ask for clarification from the person about the behavior and interpretations. These three parts are important because they help an individual how to prevent assuming something that is probably not the intention of the other person which is why clarification is needed in a situation like this. It is better to gather more information about the situation then to think the

1. Humans act toward things on the basis of the meanings they ascribe to those things.

(11) Individuals use the perception process to select, organize, interpret, and retrieve information from the world around them.

Perception is the process of individuals interpreting their impressions to give meaning to their environment. The concept of perceptual errors is how a person’s behavior is based on their perception of what reality is, not on reality itself. Perception is the process by which an individual selects, organizes, and interprets information inputs to create a meaningful picture of the world. The attribution process guides our behaviour, regardless of the truth of the attribution.

Sensation can be described as a bodily sensitivity or awareness resulting from something that occur or makes contact with the body or a physical process whereby our sensory organs react to stimulus in our environment. It is also a viewpoint into humanity through our awareness. Perception on the other hand is a form of being mindful of something through the brainpower. It is also a manner of thinking, having anxiety linking us to something i.e. a sane instinct. Perception explains or clarifies all the sensory information transmitted from our senses. It is also a condition of being conscious of something through the mind.

Perception is reality to the person who sees, reads, or hears something. Perception is influenced by culture, gender, physical space, race, ethics, morals, educational levels, tone or perceived tone of communication. The way I try to overcome perception is by being aware of nonverbal aspects of interactions with others. I also try to be aware of my own nonverbal behavior and be sensitive to how they may be perceived.

Perception is defined as how you look at others and the world around you. Being able to select, organize and intercept information starts the perceptual process. Perception affects the way people communicate with others. An individual’s pattern of thinking can affect their perception of others. Most people communicate best with people of similar cultures.