Perceptual Errors Essay

Regional stereotypes are discriminations that seem to show up in a situation where people come from all different locations, for example, at a University. The first time I heard the term “Coastie” I had to ask what was meant by it. It was on a Sunday morning my freshman year of college. A few friends from my dorm and I were out on State Street heading into Starbucks for a coffee before we went to the library. It had gotten rather cold out since it was October and one of my friends, Maddie, was wearing boots, comfy leggings, and a jacket. After we’d ordered and were on our way out with our drinks, the other friend we were with chuckled and said to Maddie, “Wow, you look like such a Coastie right now.” Maddie laughed as well and said “Yeah, you’re right I do,” and started jokingly posing as if her picture was getting taken. Seeing as how I’d never heard the term before, they had to explain to me why she looked like a Coastie when I knew she grew up in Green Bay, nowhere near the coast. As most people that attend UW Madison usually learn, “Coastie” is a term usually used in the Midwest for someone who comes from either the West or East

I’ve lived in Dover, New Jersey for my entire life. Although I love it here, Dover seems to have a bad reputation with the well-to-do cookie cutter towns in Morris County. People looking in on us from the outside see a dirty, ghetto place where fights occur daily and drug deals happen in the classrooms. This awful stereotype breaks my heart because as someone who has grown up here, I know that the people in Dover are the most passionate, hard working, and proud people around and they have shaped me to be who I am today.

Every part of the country has their own stereotype the west coast has people in bikini and partying non-stop, east coast is where all the famous movie stars hang out and Arizona is where “cowboys” are. The middle states, on the other hand, get look down because they aren’t as incredible and exciting as the east or west coast. The Midwest really doesn't get mentioned during besides begin tornado territory. In “The Horizontal World” by Marquart she explains how the Midwest gets looked down for its dull appearances while using visuals, allusion, and anecdote to give the reader the sense of the Midwest.

A. As we (as nursery nurses) are the ones that spend time with the children and look after them, we are the first contact for not only the children but for their parents too. So it’s very important that we are seen as professional and competent people at all times. I, as an individual, work alongside a small team of professional childcare workers to support, inspire, care for and look after all the children within my care. I will maintain a safe environment for the children to explore, learn and play in. I am polite to other staff, children and parents and communicate well with everyone.

Stereotypes are unescapable. No matter what part of the world you are at or who you are talking to, everyone has some bias. Claude Steele say’s exactly this in his book “Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do” when he states “ We could all take out a piece of paper, write down the major stereotypes of these identities, and show a high degree of agreement in what we wrote.” His piece addresses the effects of stereotypes, which result in what Steele calls “stereotype threat”. Stereotype threat is being aware that there is an expected behavior or response to a certain part of your identity and being afraid to carry out this expected behavior or response. The threat of proving this stereotype can cause you to lose

Prior to his method on error, Descartes has already proven a pair of foundational beliefs. In meditation one, Descartes proved that he was “a thinking thing” and that in order to be a thinking thing, “I exist”. In mediation three, he proved that God exists due to the fact that in order to have an idea of God, one must already have the idea innately implanted in their mind. Since Descartes is finite he believes that God innately implanted the thought of an infinite perfect being in his mind, so therefore God exists.

To avoid the confusion and the added explanation, I often tell people I am from Greensboro, NC. Being one of the larger cities in North Carolina, most people can easily recognize this area of the state, even if they are from other parts of the country. For instance, those who are college basketball fans are often familiar with Greensboro as it hosted the ACC tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum for multiple years. Though it is not being totally honest with others, it is not as far-fetched as it may appear. By car, it takes me less than five minutes to get to city limits and roughly twenty minutes to get to the heart of downtown Greensboro. My high school even had a Greensboro address, despite being out in the county. With a total land mass of 2.8 miles, Whitsett does not have a single school bearing its town name. For all intents and purposes, Whitsett is a suburb of Greensboro. Though I have close ties to Greensboro, I feel I ultimately experience a sense of misidentification. I have to constantly misidentify where I am from for others to gain a relative understanding of where I have spent practically the entirety of my life. In many ways, Whitsett does not feel like much of a place if you are having to constantly remind others that is, in fact, real and that it is a little town outside of

Similarity: Find Similarities and point them out. Show similarities between you and your prospect, customer, or donor. Show that your thoughts, ideals, social class, and appearance are alike.

The dictionary defines “stereotyping” as “a simplified and standardized conception of image invested with a special meaning and held in common by members of a group: particularly in social, ethnic, or age groups.” Stereotypes about the Appalachian people are made of its people and culture as a whole. These people face a number of negative stereotypes. The people of Appalachia are often portrayed as white, lazy, tobacco smoking, overall-wearing, poor farmers (High Mountains Rising). It is because of these views that people who originate from the Appalachian region are looked down upon by others. Many students are taught that a better lifestyle, or the possibility of higher education are out of their reach. I’ve experienced

Group and team work is described as two or more interacting individuals who share collective norms and goals and have a common identity. The size of the group is key, a large group the leader may not catch all. However, a small group becomes more bonded, allowing interaction and shared awareness.

In today’s world, the acts of recognition inspire many aspects of our lives, such as feeling the fulfillment of hard work, being stopped in a crowded street by a long forgotten friend, or being praised by a well-respected person. The ways we are recognized and the ways we recognize others, determine the person we are and the quality of our life. While the identity of a person relies on recognition, it also is based on misrecognition. Misrecognition is a daily form of identification that can cause oppression and the imprisonment of one’s self-being. The most common form of misrecognition that goes on today can be defined as something everybody in a society talks about in one way, while it's clear from their actions that everybody at the same time understands that it works differently. This definition holds to be true of racial stereotypes, social class, and the health of ones life. In Charles Taylor's book Multiculturalism, he states, “Each of our voices has something unique to say. Not only should I not mold my life to the demands of external conformity; I can't even find the model by which to live outside myself. I can only find it within.” In other words, never underestimate the power of others to influence your choices. Be willing to value your decisions and desires over others. Taylor’s ultimate goal is equal recognition for all.

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.

There are four different sources of knowledge: perception, introspection, reason and memory. All our knowledge roots from our perception. Perception is the way humans sense the world outside the body. We perceive through our five senses: see, hear, smell, taste, and touch. Humans gain knowledge through experiences and experience through perception. Usually we can trust our senses to perceive our surroundings effectively but there are times we misperceive. Illusions, hallucinations or impediments of the accurate flow of information to our senses are examples of misperceptions. For example if someone hits their head causing their vision to blur or impedes them from effectively processing what occurring around them, then they shouldn’t trust their senses. Another example would be an anxiety attack causing a signal of threat to the brain also preventing the person from correctly processing their surroundings. If nothing can prove we are misperceiving then we have good reason to be believe our senses.