Chapter 3: The Self and Perception I. The Self in Human Communication A. Self-concept— your image of who you are; how you perceive yourself: your feelings & thoughts about your strengths & weaknesses‚ your abilities & limitations. 1. Develops from 4 sources a. The images that others have of you (those most significant to your life- if they think highly of you‚ you will see a positive self-image reflected in their behaviors; if they think little of you‚ you will see a more negative
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The Role of Perception As we grow‚ and mature into what some would consider adults‚ we are told to make sure we know about our environment and make sure to “do unto others as you would have done to you”. In order to do this‚ you have to have a level of perception in which you are able to see things in ways that others may or may not. How do you see perception? On top of that‚ what is perception? According to Kendra Van Wagner (UNK)‚ “Perception is our sensory experience of the world around
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Climate Change(ing) Popular Perception One of the biggest‚ but most underrated problems we face in our world today is global warming‚ or as some call it‚ “climate change”. Global warming is defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “an increase in the earth’s atmospheric and oceanic temperatures widely predicted to occur due to an increase in the greenhouse effect resulting especially from pollution.” The cause of this warming of the overall atmosphere of earth is anthropogenic‚ or in other words
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“Perception is the result of the processes of selection‚ organization‚ and interpretation of information collected through the senses. Perception involves using what one sees‚ hears‚ tastes‚ smells‚ and feels to derive meaning from the environment and experiences. Whether done consciously or unconsciously‚ perception is a fundamental component of communication.”(Alberts‚ 2009) While doing my interview I started off by giving this definition of perception‚ just to let her know what was expected for
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How the perception of the blind or visually impaired differs from that of the sighted. Article 1: Auditory Substitution of Vision: Pattern Recognition by the Blind The goal of the experiment in this study was to investigate whether or not there was an effect on the performance of recognizing visual patterns using auditory substitution by the early blind. The reason for the study is because of the development of the graphical user interface (GUI) in information technology‚ relating to computer
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Visual perception and visual sensation are both interactive processes‚ although there is a significant difference between the two processes. Sensation is defined as the stimulation of sense organs Visual sensation is a physiological process which means that it is the same for everyone. We absorb energy such as electro magnetic energy (light) or sound waves by sensory organs such as eyes. This energy is then transduced into electro chemical energy by the cones and rods (receptor cells) in the retina
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Sense Perception Our five senses are important sources of knowledge that actively structure our knowledge about the world rather than passively reflect reality. They are ‘the gates and windows’ of the mind that controls communication between the outside world‚ and ourselves presenting us with different variety of the world. Using our senses to be aware of things is defined as our Perception. We do not realize that perception plays a bigger role than what it may seem‚ playing a more active process
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SENSATION AND PERCEPTION APSY 382 Aug 27th‚ 2012 Chapter 1 Psychophysics – how we measure perception (loose definition) Sensation = unidimensional = varies in one way (sounds get louder or softer) Perception = multidimensional = varies in many ways (there are a lot of kinds of books) Perception – knowing the present Memory – knowing the past Thinking – knowing the future Cognition = the influence of perception‚ memory‚ and thinking Aug 29th‚ 2012 Basic principles of perception 1. Stimulation
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Perception Essay After viewing the power point presentation and the videos provided‚ I learned about the relationship between representation and abstraction in art‚ context within art‚ contemporary art and finally about visual perception. Representation and abstraction was discussed in the video. In the discussion‚ representational art was compared to a lie or a falsehood. In the video‚ the commentators compared a representation painted by John Everett Millais called “Ophelia” (1851) and an abstract
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Perception and Attention People will perceive the world not in the same way. For example‚ two people may look at a cloud‚ and they both may say they see two different things. One may say they see a rabbit whereas the other person may say they see a dog. Perception aids in a persons information process. Attention aids the impact of information in a person ’s long-term memory (Robinson Riegler & Robinson-Riegler‚ 2008). This paper will define the concept of perception and the perceptual organizational
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