Inflated to unlikely dimensions, they encourage a (possibly unconscious) comparison with habitual perceptions of one's own body and surroundings and thereby achieve a kind of overbearing authority.
He questions habitual perceptions of reality and truth, selfhood and morality.
"It aims to facilitate a temporary release from our habitual perceptions and culturally biased assumptions about being in the world, and to enable us, however momentarily, to perceive our own stories and the stories around us freshly".
If experience is habitual, perception becomes automatic and uncritical… Habitualization is staleness of thought and language.
But rarely do we have the opportunity to sense the whole global social field beyond the boundaries of our own habitual perceptions--and to see ourselves through the eye of another, through the mirror of the whole.
You are stepping beyond the comfort of habitual patterns of perception.
Furthermore, FFQs are based on perceptions of habitual intake, whereas food diaries are based on self-report of foods and amounts actually consumed in real time (8).
For example, a substantial proportion of ethnic minorities live in enclave communities in which a distinct "collective lifestyle" shapes local customs, values, norms, perceptions, and habitual practices (e.g., culturally specific food and personal hygiene practices), and few ethnic dentists are available to provide adequate dental care.
The popularity of marijuana, which is now more prevalent among 10th graders than cigarette smoking, reflects what researchers and drug officials say is a growing perception among teenagers that habitual marijuana use carries little risk of harm.
In fact, social psychologists have shown that an effective way of changing many habitual behaviors is to change people's perceptions of the norms that govern them, resulting in reduced drinking on college campuses, for instance, and lowered energy use in the home.
Comparative studies could investigate the relationships between risk propensity and risk perception among different types of habitual entrepreneurs.
