Evaluation:
Published: 06.07.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Correct and Incorrect Perceptual Hypothesis', 1.
  • Essays 'Correct and Incorrect Perceptual Hypothesis', 2.
Extract

Prior to reading chapter three in Media and Research Update Psychology, Third Edition I thought of perception simply as the way I saw something through my own eyes and the way I understood what someone was saying or how they would say it. I never realized that there are so many other factors that make up the way I perceive people, places, objects and even life. Up until now I always thought of depth just as how far someone could or could not see, never once thinking of depth perception as three - dimensional. Chapter three, although I did not understand all parts, will make me look at life in a different way, more detailed and not taking anything for face value any longer. I am astonished to realize that the mind actually goes through all these processes for me to see what is in only a picture.
Correct Perceptual Hypothesis
Out of everything I perceive through out my days, both at work and at home I feel that the best correct perception comes from reading e-mails. …

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