Discussion Questions – Week 1 Daniel Spivey

1) How do our senses influence our perception process?

Most people do have five senses, sight, smell, tough, taste, & hearing, “Many scientists say we actually have nine senses - sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, pain, balance, thirst, and hunger” (Library, 2007). Our senses are a key method of how we perceive things. Two people can see the same thing and have two separate unique explanations of what they just saw. The old quote the glass is half full (They have hope) is a great example. Depending on persons beliefs and emotional status the cup maybe half empty and their hope is fading. We all don’t always see or fee the same things. My life experiences have taught me that people with happy, out-going personalities tend to view life with a much brighter view.

I try not to give credence to old folk’s tails and I am not trying to offend anyone however as married man I have experienced a change in my wife perception process during a monthly menstrual cycle. I have learned that not only do our senses have an effect on our perceptions; ones physical condition or lack of physical condition will all pay a roll on one perceptions. We all have meet the person what see’s everyone talking about them; when in fact one one is paying them any attention.
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References
University of Phoenix PHL 251 week one Reading

2) How does perception influence the thinking process?

How we perceive people and the world around us plays a major role in our thinking process. One who perceives they are under attack will try to defend them-selves and this can lead to physical or verbal confrontation. This perception can be unfounded and just a perception and not a truth. There by if what we perceives and effect how we think and act we all should apply critical thing to our perception process to assure we are thinking and acting on factual perceptions

Our thinking can be altered by perceptual blocks. There are perceptual blocks that influence a person’s views. Some personal barriers that inhibit thinking are religion, rationalizations, and emotional influences such as anger, stress, passion, and depression. As I have previously stated in many cases we are a reflection of our own feelings The UOP reading states, “we do not always think about and perceive things as they are, for that would often mean looking at ourselves in an unpleasant light. Consequently, most people tend to see what they need to see and what they want to see “(UOP, 2007). Self-serving biases and stereotype can influence ones thinking process. A child who is taught to hate others based on the color of their skin have-been exposed to negative influences and predjustices which may cloud their perception and thinking process.


References
University of Phoenix PHL 251 week one Reading