Perception

Perception “… is how we see the world around us” (Schiffman & Kanuk 2003) and how we see ourselves.
I believe that perception is how we perceive the things around us, and how we observe things from different views and angles. there are many different ways on how we observe things and can differ from each individual person. People see things or themselves differently from what others may see. For example the picture on the left shows the new American president Barack Obama looking in a mirror and seeing his reflection as John F. Kennedy (JFK) a former American President (before he was assassinated) was considered a great president and was once quoted saying a very famous line... "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
Barack Obama may want to see himself one day becoming as great as JFK and be like him but others may see him Obama differently (a whole new type of person) who has different beliefs and works differently to achieve them. Also there maybe some people out there who don't like Obama and think he will never be as great as Kennedy.


Below is the trailer for the movie Vantage Point, which shows the views of 8 different people.



the trailer for this movie shows the American President being shot in Spain where he was promoting an international treaty designed to tackle global terrorism. the movie shows the event unfold in the views of 8 different people and how they all perceived the incident.
this shows the perception of people and how everyone sees the same thing but interpret it differently.