This document introduces the concept of different frames of reference in perception. It provides an example of two people looking into the same room through a window but perceiving and describing different details based on their unique frames of reference. While observing the same physical space, one person focuses on objective features like size and color, and the other perceives a warm family scene. The document suggests that frames of reference can differ in how people perceive and respond to the same situation.

1. Introduction - Frame of reference and redefining
Transactional Analysis

2. Prepared By
Manu Melwin Joy
Assistant Professor
Ilahia School of Management Studies
Kerala, India.
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3. Introduction
• I have my way of
perceiving the
world. You have
your way, and it will
be different from
mine.

4. Introduction
• Suppose you and I
stand outside a
window and look at
the room within. We
report to each other
what we see.

5. Introduction
• I say : “ It is a fairly
small room. It is
square in shape.
There are people in it.
The carpet is green
and the curtains are
brown.

6. Introduction
• You report: “ It is a family
scene. The whole
atmosphere is warm.
There is a mother, father
and two kids. They are
talking and laughing. It is a
big room, so they have
plenty of space.

7. Introduction
• Judging by these reports,
a listener may think you
and I were looking at
two completely different
rooms. But the room is
same. It is our
perception of it that is
different.

8. Introduction
• Were we each to report on
what we were hearing,
feeling, smelling or tasting
as we looked into the
room, the chances are
that our reports of these
perceptions would differ
also.

9. Introduction
• You and I would
respond to that scene
in different ways. I
might feel nothing in
particular, and walk
away after viewing the
room for a few minutes.

10. Introduction
• You might feel happy,
knock on the window
and open a cover
station with the
people inside.

11. Introduction
• Thus, you and I differ
in how we perceive
the scene and how we
respond to it. Your
frame of reference is
different from mine.

12. References

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