Perception and Context

Your perception and context go together. Perception is the way you view a word. For example the word water could mean something completely different to you than a does to a fisherman or a person in a different country. And if you are in a different *context then the word water could mean different too. Your perception all depends on your context.
There are three things that influence your preception:

• Physical Differences: You may have a hearing disability while your friend does not so you may precieve what the person said to you differently than what the person with out a disablity did.
• Past Experiences: Depending on where you grew you you might order a cold drink using the term soad, pop, or soft drink.  Past experiences influence how you accept or reject a message.
• Present Situation: How you feel mentally or physically. Example: If you are upset about an aruement with a friend you may snap at your parent when asked to help with something even thought they had nothing to do with it..

An example of this that happened to me was when I was talking to a friend that has never seen snow. I was talking to them about how it snowed a lot the other day and they asked how snow looked and what it felt like. I guess I did not really think that I would have to ever explain snow to someone because where I live we just know what it is. I found out it is kind of hard to explain something that you have known your whole life to someone that has not ever seen it or felt it. Your perception of things is probably different than the the person sitting next to.


*Your setting the people that are around you and the situation that is happening.