Perception vs. RealityPerception vs. Reality

Speech 104Carla Ann Cordileone

Chapter 5, states that reality is

everything that is, whether it is

observed or not. Reality is created in

the mind.

The perception process is the

method we use to create our reality

from our environment.

What we perceive is really

not everyone's reality, just

our own.

Let’s look at the clocks. One person Let’s look at the clocks. One person

will see it as 10:11 and the other will will see it as 10:11 and the other will

see it as 49 minutes to 11.see it as 49 minutes to 11.

The stacks of papers. One will The stacks of papers. One will

see it as a burden, the other will see it as a burden, the other will

see it as great I have work to see it as great I have work to

keep me busy.keep me busy.

Even though they see the same things it is in different colors and shapes.

What do you see?

In which order does your brain work?

Brain. This is where

these senses become our perception

and then our realities

What we see. What we feel. What we hear.

“ “As McCroskey & Wheeless As McCroskey & Wheeless write, we perceive or write, we perceive or misperceive according to misperceive according to learned habits of recognizing learned habits of recognizing and interpreting the nature of and interpreting the nature of stimulus against some stimulus against some background or setting”. What background or setting”. What habits do you have that skew habits do you have that skew your perception of what is real your perception of what is real or not?or not?