FINDING OUR REALITIESFINDING OUR REALITIES

JAIME PEREZJAIME PEREZ

Speech 104Speech 104

RealityReality

According to According to Webster dictionary, Webster dictionary, reality simply reality simply means the quality means the quality or state of being or state of being real. real.

DIFFERENCES OF REALITIESDIFFERENCES OF REALITIES

Everyone will have different Everyone will have different realities about different realities about different subjects, or in other words subjects, or in other words different perspectives on the different perspectives on the topic. For example some topic. For example some people may see abortion as people may see abortion as murder and absolutely wrong murder and absolutely wrong while others see abortion in while others see abortion in reality as being ok and a safe reality as being ok and a safe alternative to having a child. alternative to having a child.

PERCEPTION PROCESSPERCEPTION PROCESS

This is the process by This is the process by which we create our which we create our realities of people, events, realities of people, events, and things from our and things from our environment. It involves environment. It involves three phases in which we three phases in which we seek to create the most seek to create the most accurate reality to what is accurate reality to what is real. real.

First phase of perception process is to select date First phase of perception process is to select date from the Environmentfrom the Environment

We us our senses of sight, We us our senses of sight, taste, feeling, hearing , and taste, feeling, hearing , and smell to take in information as smell to take in information as it passes before us. We it passes before us. We receive so much information receive so much information throughout the day and it is throughout the day and it is up to us to select what we up to us to select what we retain and what we just let go retain and what we just let go by. by.

Second phase is to organize and prioritize the infoSecond phase is to organize and prioritize the info

Third phase is to interpret the data receivedThird phase is to interpret the data received

In this phase you analyze In this phase you analyze all the information you all the information you retained through the first retained through the first phase and you sort of phase and you sort of translate it into something translate it into something you can understand so you you can understand so you can put some meaning to can put some meaning to it. It is like translating a it. It is like translating a sentence from one sentence from one language to another so you language to another so you can understand it and can understand it and make sense of it. make sense of it.

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REALITY TESTINGREALITY TESTING

Reality testing is a way to polish our Reality testing is a way to polish our interpretation on people, events, and things in interpretation on people, events, and things in our environment. Methods of doing this areour environment. Methods of doing this are

-Share/compare Realities with others to reduce -Share/compare Realities with others to reduce differences among the many realities you have differences among the many realities you have created.created.

-Develop better listening skills. -Develop better listening skills. -Emphathic listening where we have an open -Emphathic listening where we have an open

mind.mind. -Deliberative learning-Deliberative learning

STASISSTASIS

Reaching a reality Reaching a reality we are comfortable we are comfortable with for an with for an extended period of extended period of time in which end time in which end in a state of peace in a state of peace and are “at rest”.and are “at rest”.

ILLUSIONILLUSION

What does your What does your sense of sight sense of sight make you think of make you think of this? Is it reality this? Is it reality that the circle is that the circle is spinning?spinning?