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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?
