A Person's Perception of the World Influencing Thought Process
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How does the way in which an individual perceive the world influence his or her thought process? Provide a specific example in your response. What other factors do you think impact your thought process?
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The effect on thought processes of individuals' perception of the world is provided along with an example, as well as other possibilities as to what impacts thought processes. Approximately 400 words with references.
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(1) How does the way in which an individual perceive the world influence his or her thought process? Provide a specific example in your response.
Perception is the set of processes by which we recognize, organize, and make sense of stimuli in our environment, (Sternberg, 2006, 153.). The basic processes involved in perception are based on principles of how the individual organize factors such as heredity, experience, learning, and culture. Thus, the manner in which an individual perceives the world has a major impact of how he or she believes, thinks or feels. Research shows that a person's world view is comprised of genetic tendencies, religion, culture, geographic region in which they reside coupled with internal feelings and social interaction within their environment (Schlitz, Vie ten, & ...
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