Nature of Thought

Nature of Thought

From the time, we are born until the time we die thought plays a role in our lives. As we wake up in the morning, the brain is already starting to think about the day and what activities we will be doing. When asked what is thought? The first thing that comes out of most people’s mouth is thought is thinking. This is true however; a process must happen before one can think. Parts of this process are thinking, memory, perception, and perceptual blockers. In this paper, we will describe how the thought process works and how perception influences it.

Describe Thinking

Thinking is the mental and intelligent process that involves a person’s conscious part of the mind. When a person makes a choice to do something such as drive a certain way to work or intervene in a situation he or she is using the thought process. To think one must use his or her senses, perception, and memory. Excitement, fear, sadness, nerves, and happiness are some of the feelings that come from a person’s senses. In a movie, theater sitting outside the door we hear people scream walking in excitement and fear will set in. This is because a person’s memory has these emotions stored in its sensory section. Memory is the ability to remember emotions, thoughts, and perception from experiences that have happened in his or her past. Perception is the way we see and think about things. One’s perception is based on his or her beliefs and religion. Perception may interfere with a person’s memory and senses.

My Perception

As a mother and a psychology major, I tend to analyze people as I watch them walk by or interact with his or her children, spouse, or friends. I find this to be very relaxing and help open my mind however sometimes when I see things I think one thing when in reality the situation is nothing as I thought. This was no different for the situation I am going to discuss. About a week ago, I was sitting in the mall waiting on my daughter and her friends to finish shopping when an older man a younger girl (teenager) started arguing. He was grabbing her arm and yelling at her as they walked through the food court. As people sit and watch, I could not help myself but to do the same. I found this situation very scary and wanted to get up and say something. However, I sat there a watched and listened a little bit longer.

During this situation, I thought the man was the girl’s father, and that she was in trouble. The reason I thought this was that he kept saying we are going home, and that she would be grounded if she did not stop fighting with him. However as I walked out the door and followed them closer to the car I heard the girl yell at him to let her go and if he did not she would call the police. This triggered a different thought about the