Creating Our Realities Unit Six

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Creating Our Realities

To Each, His Own

Discovering Our Realities

Environment

RealityThe Process of Perception

SortSelect Interpret

The Process of PerceptionStages

Cognitions Filters

1

2

3

4

TragicCrazy DriverBiker

MistakeGreat FirstResponders

Experience

Environment

Reality

The Process of Perception

Reality

The Most Difficult Reality to Create

The Most Difficult Reality to Create

Yourself

The Most Difficult Reality to Create

Yourself

Who we are is always in flux

We focus on the negative

We see what we expect to see

The Most Difficult Reality to Create

Self-Concept

Who we think we are Our judgment of that concept

Self-Esteem

The Most Difficult Reality to Create

If we like our self concept

If we dislike our self concept

High Self-Esteem

Low Self-Esteem

Stasis

BalanceA comfortable feeling

Stasis

Balance

We strive for a personal physical

and emotional balance

Stasis

Balance

Our personal “Status Quo”

Emotional Balance

Physical balance

Defined personal reality

Reality

Reality is created in the mind

Reality is not “Real” it is what we think is real

One’s reality is their “truth” about their situation

Our Reality is shaped by our experiences

We make decisions based our reality

Reality

No two realities are identical

Arguing should be used to test our realityOur goal should be to create the most valid reality

Arguments occur because people have a difference in reality.

Reality

The most difficult reality to create is of ourselves

Critical thinkers need to challenge their reality created stasis

Critical thinkers should not settle for stasis

Unit Summary

The perception process has how many stages?3The correct order of the perception process is:Select, Sort, Interpret

Reality is…Our mental interpretation of our environmentPeople argue because they have two different…RealitiesThe most difficult reality to create is… YourselfWe can increase the accuracy of our reality by..Reality Testing

Stasis is…Our personal status quoEmotional and physical balanceA personal reality

Your RealityHomework for Next Week

Write about a poor decision you have made in your life.What led you to that poor decision?

Was it voluntary/involuntary?Was it emotionally based?

What did you learn that will help you in future decisions?

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