How do our attitudes, values, and experiences influence our perceptions?

Question

I was just wondering... In your opinion.. How do our attitudes, values, and experiences influence our perceptions?

I am only asking out of curiosity, I am interested in other's perspectives. I will select best answer, and someone will get the 10 points. :)

Answer 1

Our values are the foundation of what we've learned.Our personal experiences continue to build on that foundation. We analyze these experiences and make choices about them. Ultimately it has less to do with the original foundation and more to do with the way we chose to see it. It's the choices we make that forms our attitude and guides our perception. : )

Answer 2

We are taught from the time we wear diapers that certain things are right and others are wrong,the consequences of our choices give us experience, our experience gives rise to our attitude and the cumulative effect of all these becomes our perception.That's why I believe it's very difficult for us to be open minded, specially about what we individually perceive as" wrong". Take fundamentalist islam for example. We are taught all our lives that killing a human being is wrong,we see the consequences;sorrow,social chaos,loss of freedom,we may even be exposed to it ourselves,therefore we regard a killer as the worst that a person can be, nothing is going to make me change that perception of someone who kills indiscriminately. However I should be "open minded" because not all who practice islam are killers,most are decent people, but it's not easy to do. I'm sorry I've gone for too long but this is my opinion.

Answer 3

I think just now I am starting to wise up and begin to look past these 'screens' so to speak. Those things you mention are paramount in how we view things, but I think it's also important to know that other people don't necessarily have the same 'screens' that each individual has....especially in America and even more specifically in urban areas where there's more of a melting pot of different people (races, ethnicities, religions, etc.) Those things that you mention I call a 'screen'.....it's what we know as right or wrong, therefore our perception is measured accordingly. And also, I am not necessarily saying these 'screens' are good or bad....just saying that we perceive reality through these things.

Answer 4

RED IS BAD.

Count the red things in the room you are in right now.
Our focus dictates what we notice.


There doesn't have to be a "lot" of something in order to notice it. If it is what you are looking for, you will see it.

If you expect that there will never be enough red, it will be so.
If you suspect that red is more important than any other color, you will recognize the valuable reds.
If you experience red as the cause of your problems, you will notice the red that accompanies problems, and associate it as such.

Now, there may be vastly more white, or green, or brown, but our perceptions are 'colored' by our own expectations.

RED IS ANGER - RED IS STOP - RED IS DANGER - RED IS LOVE - RED IS ENERGY - RED IS FRUSTRATION - RED IS BLOOD - RED IS ...

Nothing more, nothing less. But we give it meaning.

Live well

Answer 5

They shape the way we view the world around us, everything that impacts us either consiously or subconsiously affects how we deal with people, situations in our life. Thats why everyone is different our their own way. It what makes us people isnt it?