1. Our Perception is Our Reality By Lisa Polydoros Speech 104
Professor Marteney
2. There is more to lifethan what we perceiveOn a cold January
morning in 2007, a man played a violin in abusy Washington D.C.
subway station during rush hour.Passersby stopped to watch for a
minute, if that, andthen some threw change into his violin case as
a tip.After he was done playing, there was no applause,he just
walked away quietly with the $32 hehad made from tips for 45
minutes of playing.No one had noticed him leaving.If you had seen
this, what would you think? That he is ahomeless man trying to earn
some money, right?So did everyone else. But, in fact
3. it was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the
world. AND he had just played 2 days earlier in a sold-out Boston
theatre with tickets costing about $100 each. AND he was playing a
piece by Bach that is one of the most intricate pieces of music
ever written. AND the violin he was using was worth $3.5
4. Consider this What else might we be missing everyday? My
Perception, is my REALITY. Your perception is your REALITY. We
either place value on things to give them value, or do not place
value on things and then they have no value.
5. What is YOURPerception? No 2 people perceive the same
situation exactly the same way We each take different meanings from
different environmental messages everyday We each use the
perception process to accomplish this
6. The PerceptionProcess First we select data from the
environment using our senses and filter out the rest Second we sort
the information by organizing and prioritizing according to our
uniquely individual past experiences Third we interpret the data by
assigning meaning to it based on our past experience
7. RecognizingData:We recognize data: Psychologically by our
mood and state of mind Physically by our physical condition
(senses, age, health, fatigue, hunger, etc.)
8. OrganizingData: Language helps us organize data The more
limited our vocabulary, the more limited our reality
9. Factors that Influencehow we interpret data Formal learning
teaches us the socially correct view of our environment.
Experiences are informal learning occurrences. Expectations are
perceptions that we expect to conform to. Closure is making sense
out of data and filling in missing information if necessary.
Selective Perception is using heuristics as mental shortcuts to
interpret the environment. Patterning uses new perceptions to
reinforce our current reality to avoid cognitive dissonance.
10. RealityTesting Reality Testing is necessary to narrow the
differences in perceptions between people. It is necessary to
realize that each persons interpretation of a perception is not
fact.
11. RealityTesting Communication narrows the gap between
peoples perceptions. comparing realities lets us know if our
perceptions are reasonable examining a variety of realities might
lead to the discovery of a more accurate reality reevaluate your
data if your reality cannot be validated by others be sure to
compare realities with a variety of people, not just those who are
like-minded
12. RealityTesting Become a better listener Empathetic
listeners can recreate anothers perspective by putting themselves
in their position Deliberative listening is for gathering
information and content
13. Stasis We all want a reality we are comfortable with Stasis
is a reality on a particular subject it is the absence of change in
one more realities for an extended period of time it is the
existing state of things it is physical and/or emotional
contentment it is our comfort zone We perceive the world according
to our stasis We defend our reality as being the most accurate