Perspective in theory of cognition is the choice of a context or a reference (or the result of this choice) from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience, cohesively forming a coherent belief, typically for comparing with another. One may further recognize a number of subtly distinctive meanings, close to those of paradigm, point of view, reality tunnel, umwelt, or weltanschauung. Look up Cognition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up Context in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In general, a reference is something that refers or points to something else, or acts as a connection or a link between two things. ... Senses are the physiological methods of perception. ... For Wikipedias categorization projects, see Wikipedia:Categorization. ... Various meters Measurement is the process of estimating the ratio of a magnitude of a quantity to a unit of the same type. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Look up Experience in Wiktionary, the free dictionary This article discusses the general concept of experience. ... Wiktionary has related dictionary definitions, such as: belief Belief is usually defined as a conviction to the truth of a proposition. ... Since the late 1960s, the word paradigm (IPA: ) has referred to a thought pattern in any scientific discipline or other epistemological context. ... Reality Tunnel is a term coined by Timothy Leary and popularised by Robert Anton Wilson. ... Umwelt (from the German umwelt, environment) according to Jakob von Uexküll and Thomas A. Sebeok is the biological foundations that lie at the very epicenter of the study of both communication and signification in the human [and non-human] animal. ... A world view, also spelled as worldview is a term calqued from the German word Weltanschauung (look onto the world). The German word is also in wide use in English, as well as the translated form world outlook. ...

To choose a perspective is to choose a value system and, unavoidably, an associated belief system. When we look at a business perspective, we are looking at a monetary base values system and beliefs. When we look at a human perspective, it is a more social value system and its associated beliefs. A value system refers to the order and priority an individual or society grants to ethical and ideological values. ... Wiktionary has related dictionary definitions, such as: belief Belief is usually defined as a conviction to the truth of a proposition. ...

Point of view

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This is not the narative point of view it is whose view are you looking at it from. If you are talking from your point of view, you would talk about what you want, need or feel like. To get a person to do something, it is much better to talk from the other persons point of view. That includes talking about what's in it for the other person. Talking about it in terms of what's good for the other person and what they will get in return, while afterwards talking about what you want the person to do. Image File history File links Circle-question. ...

In social psychology you would talk in terms of the other persons point of view when soliciting or motivating the other person to do something for you. Being able to see the other persons point of view is one of Henry Fords advice towards being successful in business. "if there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own".

In conflict resolution a technique of using "I", "me", "my" language encourages the person to talk from their own point of view. This helps to get the antagonist to better understand the speakers feelings, needs, experiences circumventing the need for discussion. Talking about your own point of view brings it up on the other person to be more understanding and cooperative. Since it takes effort to see the situation from another persons point of view, the opponent is disarmed unless they are willing to put in the extra effort or are sincerely interested in being helpful. This is the opposite of solicitation because in soliciting the speaker is the one offering their services.

See also

• Perspective, a disambiguation page
• Point of view, a disambiguation page