• In your own words, describe ways in which the processes of visual perception help you to engage in everyday activities, such as driving a car or preparing a meal. You can select other activities.
Visual perception creates an image of the environment around us and of the objects within it. Thus, allowing us to navigate successfully the world around us, interacting with the objects and individuals that populate it. The sensory receptor known as the eye is responsible for the visual image that is painted in our minds, or our perceived environment. As an example, you see someone walking towards you on the same side of the street, and you suddenly feel like they may be a threat. This is an example of a situation that may arise in everyday activities …show more content…
When a person loses their vision, they are generally considered blind. Merriam Webster defines the noun blind as merely someone who is unable to see. However, when used as an adjective it means lacking awareness or perception. While it is true that blindness means unable to see, it doesn’t have to mean that you lack awareness. To compensate for one sense underperforming, or not in use, the other senses tend to pick up some of the perceptual slack. The hearing of someone who is blind may increase beyond the normal sense of a sighted person to make up for this loss, or the perceptions of the sensory sounds are utilized and relied on more heavily. The perception or processing of information through other sensory receptors increases to overcome any short comings we may have. Others may treat you as an adjective, having lack of perception, and assume that you are handicapped by this. Thus, they go out of their way to assist you, feeling that may be the noble thing to do, when they are expressing their pity and labeling you with an adjective, of lacking perception. However, if they take the time to get to know you, and not your labeled handicap, they may find that it is simply blindness that afflicts you, not a lack of perception.
In the previous chapter you learned about the inaccuracy of memory. Consider an event in which you initially thought you were correct about what unfolded, maybe an accident. Then, think about how your senses and perception might have played an important role in your account. Review the motorcade incident for a
Visual perception creates an image of the environment around us and of the objects within it. Thus, allowing us to navigate successfully the world around us, interacting with the objects and individuals that populate it. The sensory receptor known as the eye is responsible for the visual image that is painted in our minds, or our perceived environment. As an example, you see someone walking towards you on the same side of the street, and you suddenly feel like they may be a threat. This is an example of a situation that may arise in everyday activities …show more content…
When a person loses their vision, they are generally considered blind. Merriam Webster defines the noun blind as merely someone who is unable to see. However, when used as an adjective it means lacking awareness or perception. While it is true that blindness means unable to see, it doesn’t have to mean that you lack awareness. To compensate for one sense underperforming, or not in use, the other senses tend to pick up some of the perceptual slack. The hearing of someone who is blind may increase beyond the normal sense of a sighted person to make up for this loss, or the perceptions of the sensory sounds are utilized and relied on more heavily. The perception or processing of information through other sensory receptors increases to overcome any short comings we may have. Others may treat you as an adjective, having lack of perception, and assume that you are handicapped by this. Thus, they go out of their way to assist you, feeling that may be the noble thing to do, when they are expressing their pity and labeling you with an adjective, of lacking perception. However, if they take the time to get to know you, and not your labeled handicap, they may find that it is simply blindness that afflicts you, not a lack of perception.
In the previous chapter you learned about the inaccuracy of memory. Consider an event in which you initially thought you were correct about what unfolded, maybe an accident. Then, think about how your senses and perception might have played an important role in your account. Review the motorcade incident for a