Ways+of+Knowing


 * Find three words whose meaning is best suited to individual understanding, one that is best suited to group understanding, and one that is best understood universally. Place this term on your line and write words associated with the term that helps show your understanding of it. As a challenge, place an F or an L next to your words to show if there meaning is literal, or figurative. || ||
 * Individual(left) --- Group(center) --- Universal(right) ||

Individual:

Group:

Root beer is a good drink Real Madrid is a good team Religion

Universal:

Slavery still exists The universe exists E=mc2

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**Perception**
What are the primary ways in which we know the world around us?

With perception we are able to see the world in many different perspectives, some people depending on how they use their perception might see the world differently.

===**Are there stages to perception? ** === Here are some recognized stages. Define them and find examples:  -filtering  -halo and horn effect  -organizing  -stereotyping  -filling in information  -interpretation

**Perceptual Illusions**
Is your perception always accurate? Provide examples of when it is trustworthy, and when it might not be.

Perception like any other human sense can be trained to be somewhat very "advanced", for example musicians train their ears very well so that they recognize specific tones and notes. however there is a catch perception cannot be perfected, no matter how much a person tries and trains, the person will never ever perfect a sense the person will just have a lot of experience and an incredible ability to listen.

 Are people’s perceptions the same? How do you know this? Does this invalidate your or another person’s experience?

Everyone's perception is different each person has one ability higher than the other, to give an example say we have person X and person Y. to give a background for person X and Y, person X is a musician and has played many instruments for the past 15 years, although person Y is an advanced marksman for the past 15 years. Person X has better hearing so his hearing side of perception is much better while person y's sight side f perception is better.

 Why might misperceptions occur?

Misperceptions might occur if a person thinks about a sight or sound he heard and turns out to be something else.

===**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Selectivity of Perception ** === <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How do we validate our perceptions? Do we ignore some and rely more heavily on others? Why?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> What things might affect how you interpret your perceptions? Is this selectivity conscious or unconscious?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Can you provide reasons why people perceive things differently? Explain

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Seeing and Believing**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What do you create from your perceptions?

In this case, one could ask, what belief or models affect our perception?

Syllogism:

Men work-True my dad works-True my dad is a man-True

all soldiers are men-false soldiers are also woman-true soldiers can be multisexed-true

Burgers are delicious-true burgers are healthy-false all things that are healthy are delicious-fase

all sharks are friendly-false great white is friendly-false great white is a shark-true