“In order to find out how things really are, one must understand the filters through which one perceives the world” Discuss and evaluate

As we develop, from a small baby, to a child, to a teenager and finally to an adult, not only do we develop on the outside (physically), but we also develop in the inside since we learn new things all throughout our life, things which stay recorded in one of the most fascinating organs in the humans system: the brain. It’s pretty obvious to state that each one of us, human beings, have our own perspective of the world or in other words we perceive the world in a different way. This is due to the different filters and perception methods each person experiences. Let’s start by defining these two words. Perception can be defined as the process of absorbing information using our five senses (sight, sound, touch, taste and smell), organizing and making sense of it. Filters are anything which influence the way each one perceives the world. There are various filters which we need to outline when discussing this statement

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        The first filter is age. Throughout our life our mental capacity develops therefore  a child might see different things than adults, since their brain (the organ which interprets what you see) is not fully developed. A person’s gender also influences the way they see the world. Men have a different perception of the world in relation to women. For example the majority of men see Football as a fun sport and when they watch a match they find in intriguing the way 22 players run around a field playing with a ball and men even admire the technique used when ...

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