![]() Our previously accumulated knowledge, determines the type of sensory information that enters our conscious awareness.įor example, when most people see a milk snake they scream, flinch, or react, but when a trained bushman comes across a milk snake their heart beat barely increases as their accumulated knowledge tells them that snake is friendly.īy screaming at a milk snake your perception of danger is a warped perception of reality due to your lack of experience or accumulated knowledge about specific snake species. When our senses pick up sensory input cues like vision, smell, and sound, they undergo filtration before relatable information enters our ‘conscious awareness’ in the frontal lobe part of the brain. Our past experiences, conditioning, beliefs, and thoughts act as “internal commands” to the brain regarding how it should comprehend what’s going on in our surroundings. Living in a connected material world means that as a society, we’ve adapted to a set of rules, beliefs, and behavioral patterns that society has offered to us from birth.Īccording to experts, the way we perceive what’s the truth is a biochemical process. This can cause ‘blind spots’ in our current perception. Sometimes your beliefs are rooted in your previous experiences, memories, or teachings. Simplified, your perception is your “believed” observation. Robbins, describes perception as “a process by which we collect, organize, and interpret our sensory impressions when we’re giving meaning to something in our environment.” The dictionary definition of perception is, “the way something is regarded, understood, or interpreted.”Īnother definition laid out by Dr. In this article, we’ll look at the science as well as expert opinions, perspectives, and insights. Having a warped perception on reality can come from something simple, like a TV show or radio channel. The same can be true with anything, and your life experience doesn’t have to be as extreme as a car crash to have your perspective warped. The actual reality is that car crashes are rare, but the life experience of a near-death car crash can warp the perception of reality for that individual. ![]() And our life experiences act as filters through which we see reality.įor example, someone who survived a tragic car crash might perceive driving after 9 pm as dangerous. Some views are a ‘true sense of reality’ in one sense, but could be missing the ‘bigger picture’ from another perspective.Īll of our perspectives are uniquely formed by our individual life experiences. Although the probability of your win is the same (you only have 5 tickets!) it just seems as if winning is more certain when competing against one person.However, as human beings, we all perceive reality from different perspectives. So the perception that you are going to win the raffle is greater if competing against only one other person than if you were up against 5 other people. The perceptual likelihood of winning changes depending on how alternative outcomes are distributed. Although your chances of winning are the same in either condition, most people would chose to enter the one with only one other person. Hypothetically, you could choose to enter the raffle in one of two conditions: you having 5 tickets and 5 other people having 3 tickets each OR you having 5 tickets with only one other person having 15 tickets. You are only allowed to purchase 5 tickets. ![]() The alternative outcomes effect is a skewed perception that occurs when people's belief about the probability of an outcome changes depending on how other possible outcomes are distributed, even if the chances stay the same.įor example, imagine you are competing in a raffle in which only 20 tickets were sold.
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