Perceiving is Believing - Crash Course Psychology #7
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Every rose has it’s thorn, only the good die young, slow and steady wins the race, and what you see is what you get. Except that in reality several varieties of roses do not have thorns, both the good and the bad, on occasion, tragically die young, fast and steady beats slow and steady every time, and what you see is…well… Our perception, or how we order the cacophonous chaos of our environment, is heavily influenced -- biased, even -- by our own expectations, experiences, moods, and even cultural norms. And we can be pretty good at fooling ourselves. In the last two lessons we’ve learned how we see shapes and colors, hear sounds, and smell and taste the world’s chemical concoctions. But our senses mean little without our brain’s ability to or...
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Every rose has it’s thorn, only the good die young, slow and steady wins the race, and what you see is what you get. Except that in reality several varieties of roses do not have thorns, both the good and the bad, on occasion, tragically die young, fast and steady beats slow and steady every time, and what you see is…well… Our perception, or how we order the cacophonous chaos of our environment, is heavily influenced -- biased, even -- by our own expectations, experiences, moods, and even cultural norms. And we can be pretty good at fooling ourselves. In the last two lessons we’ve learned how we see shapes and colors, hear sounds, and smell and taste the world’s chemical concoctions. But our senses mean little without our brain’s ability to or...
