Everyone's perception of reality is different because of differences in how individuals process information. The perception process involves collecting data, organizing it based on life experiences, and interpreting it through personal memories and biases. Factors like genetics, environment, language, education, experiences, expectations, and psychological/physical conditions shape how each person perceives and interprets data, leading to unique realities. While the perception process is common to all, small variations in how it is applied result in no two people having exactly the same understanding of reality.

1. You Say Tomato....
Our Reality
And The Perception process.
And I say Tomato...

2. What is Reality?
Reality is everything that exists.
Remember that “reality” isnʼt what is “real”. It is created by the observer.
It is crucial to remember that two people can have different realities.

3. It is through "The Perception Process" that we make are reality.

4. It is through "The Perception Process" that we make are reality.
Question:
If everyone uses the Perception Process, why is
everyone's reality different?

6. Because we are all different.

7. The steps of the Perception Process and why its unique for each person...

8. The steps of the Perception Process and why its unique for each person...
Step 1: Collect data.

9. The steps of the Perception Process and why its unique for each person...
Step 1: Collect data.
This can be different for everyone depending on
what each individual choses to accept or filter out
in the way of data.

10. The steps of the Perception Process and why its unique for each person...
Step 1: Collect data.
This can be different for everyone depending on
what each individual choses to accept or filter out
in the way of data.
Step 2: Put the data into a workable order.

11. The steps of the Perception Process and why its unique for each person...
Step 1: Collect data.
This can be different for everyone depending on
what each individual choses to accept or filter out
in the way of data.
Step 2: Put the data into a workable order.
This can be different for everyone depending on the
individual's life experiences which prioritizes the
data.

12. The steps of the Perception Process and why its unique for each person...
Step 1: Collect data.
This can be different for everyone depending on
what each individual choses to accept or filter out
in the way of data.
Step 2: Put the data into a workable order.
This can be different for everyone depending on the
individual's life experiences which prioritizes the
data.
Step 3: Interpret the data.

13. The steps of the Perception Process and why its unique for each person...
Step 1: Collect data.
This can be different for everyone depending on
what each individual choses to accept or filter out
in the way of data.
Step 2: Put the data into a workable order.
This can be different for everyone depending on the
individual's life experiences which prioritizes the
data.
Step 3: Interpret the data.
This can be different because an individual's
memories are used to assign meaning.

14. We use filters to decide what comes in....
What we decide to keep....
And how we want to handle it....

15. Psychological
Conditions
Such as...
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Love
• Loss

16. Physical
Conditions
Such as...
• Age
• Sex
• Health
• Hunger

17. Language
• The smaller our vocabulary, the smaller our
world.

18. Formal
Learning
• It trains us and gives us a socially correct
view of the world.

19. Experiences
• What we learn first-hand.

20. Expectations
• What we think the data should tell us or
what we think the event should be.

21. It is our new interpretation of the data we have collected that forms our reality.
What we think is out there (our reality) really comes from what we have on the
inside (our experiences and perception). We are the source of our reality.

22. So now we have a
reality!

23. So now we have a
reality!
So what do we do now?

25. Test it!!

26. Portions of the text where taken from
“Communicating Critical Thinking” by Jack Stern and
Jim Marteney.
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Credit given where required.