How do emotions affect our perception and how can an extreme emotion change our reality?
By the way you’re phrasing this question it almost sounds like you’ve got a good idea of what the answer you want to hear is. Either that or you’ve got a quiz sitting in front of you. Either way- It would seem that you already recognize that reality is different than perception, as well as perception can be our own reality. 1. Emotions affect our perception on a physiological level and a cognitive level. Physiologically our current emotion could effect our perceptions by altering how the information is taken in- If we’re very depressed or sleepy we might find events or stimuli different than if we’re not depressed/sleepy (ie, I find people with squeaky voices who speak very rapidly as extremely annoying if I’m bummed or tired, but If I’m in a good mood,had a red bull and am in go mode, I probably wouldn’t find them annoying.) On a cognitive level our emotions probably have a larger affect- A scared person walking down a dark alley might be terrified if someone in front of them said hel
