RESEARCH OF PERCEPTION AND IT'S FACTORS

Perception is the way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted. An easy example of perception is to look around the room you are in and focus on an object you may of not noticed beforehand. The longer you focus on the object it’ll get brighter and more “real” than it was when it was just an unnoticed part of your reality. You can perceive everything in your reality and those around you because of many factors, such as body language and stereotypes. The fact that we have been fed information from our forms of education factors into our perspective and understanding, altering the way that you see the World and the views you have on certain topics. An example of this is if you have been fed bias information by peers and have no understanding of other views, you perception is altered from the lack of new information to change the perception you have.

“ /react-text react-text: 150 Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. /react-text react-text: 151 ” – Albert Einstein /react-text react-empty: 152

react-text: 154 “ /react-text react-text: 156 Everything you see or hear or experience in any way at all is specific to you. You create a universe by perceiving it, so everything in the universe you perceive is specific to you. /react-text react-text: 157 ” – Douglas Adams

"Perception isn't always reality."

"Perception is the basis of being human."

Things that can effect your perception are:

Stereotypes
Your Emotional State
Body Language
Opinions and preferences
Experience
Upbringing
Knowledge and Understanding

Person perception refers to a general tendency to form impressions of other people. Some forms of person perception occur without realization and gain the information about a person based on

observations of behaviors, appearance or second hand information. Just like objects, the longer you observe another human, the more in depth thinking occurs without your own input. By watching their actions , body language and how they are dressed indirectly gives you ideas of who they could be through personality and lifestyle. Although your perception may be incorrect to the reality of this other person, your brain automatically makes an impression of the person you are studying, just like looking at an object. Your race and gender can also alter your impression through your perception and your knowledge. If you have a wider knowledge and a more open mind, you will less likely think through race and gender as you understand that they could be different to the stereotypes you were taught. Stereotypes are a great part of how you may perceive others or the World. A good example of this is nationality such as an American. At the mention of a nationality your brain indirectly thinks of the stereotype of Americans even if you have a greater understanding and know that not everyone fits to the stereotypes.

Perception isn't always about how you perceive others but how you think others perceive you as a person. Depending on your emotional state and confidence the outcomes can become very different as more confident people normally don't think about this as much as those with less confidence or a worse emotional state. Upbringings and your experience throughout life can also alter this information. The way you perceive yourself may be negative but the real perception of others will see you as someone positive compared to your own impression. If you change your own perception and see through others eye's, you'll see the difference and will be able to understand that your perception isn't always reality.

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