Changing One's Perspective Paper
Changing One's Perspective
James Padley
PSY/220
April 10, 2011
Changing One's Perspective
There are many times in our lives that we are too quick to pass judgment on others without knowing the whole story, this can be influenced by many aspects of our lives. Some of those aspects are our religious beliefs, cultural, personal beliefs, mood, or personality. Say you are someone riding a bus to work and a woman and her two kids are in the seat next to you. Now the kids are bouncing around and they knock over your coffee on you and you ask the woman to please control her children. Then you find out that she just lost her husband. Well once you found out what was going on your attitude changed. In this paper I want you to get a good understanding as to how and why some people will jump to conclusions before knowing the whole story.
Thinking of the scenario that was provided as an example brings me back to a time when times were supposed to be simple. A time when ones biggest concern was to make sure they got up on time to …show more content…
There personal beliefs can be influence by their upbringing or by society around them. Many people will also let the race or sex of the victim determine how the situation will affect them. This can also play into a person’s mood, personality, or situation as to how they are influenced by this event. For example say that an individual is having a bad day and things are just not going the way they want, a situation like this can affect the way a person perceives an event. This can also affect how much sympathy a person receives from you. Another example could be if you were raised in a home where you did not experience empathy or you were not taught to show compassion towards other. A situation like this could make it difficult for you to see thing from another person’s point of view and this will prevent you from getting the whole
James Padley
PSY/220
April 10, 2011
Changing One's Perspective
There are many times in our lives that we are too quick to pass judgment on others without knowing the whole story, this can be influenced by many aspects of our lives. Some of those aspects are our religious beliefs, cultural, personal beliefs, mood, or personality. Say you are someone riding a bus to work and a woman and her two kids are in the seat next to you. Now the kids are bouncing around and they knock over your coffee on you and you ask the woman to please control her children. Then you find out that she just lost her husband. Well once you found out what was going on your attitude changed. In this paper I want you to get a good understanding as to how and why some people will jump to conclusions before knowing the whole story.
Thinking of the scenario that was provided as an example brings me back to a time when times were supposed to be simple. A time when ones biggest concern was to make sure they got up on time to …show more content…
There personal beliefs can be influence by their upbringing or by society around them. Many people will also let the race or sex of the victim determine how the situation will affect them. This can also play into a person’s mood, personality, or situation as to how they are influenced by this event. For example say that an individual is having a bad day and things are just not going the way they want, a situation like this can affect the way a person perceives an event. This can also affect how much sympathy a person receives from you. Another example could be if you were raised in a home where you did not experience empathy or you were not taught to show compassion towards other. A situation like this could make it difficult for you to see thing from another person’s point of view and this will prevent you from getting the whole