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Seeing is Not Believing

Alan Nie AP Psychology Myth #9. Seeing is Not Believing. Unlike cameras, our brains do not just project the environment into our consciousness We add our own feelings and thoughts to what is seen Different mindsets portray different views on a subject

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Seeing is Not Believing

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  1. Alan Nie AP Psychology Myth #9 Seeing is Not Believing

  2. Unlike cameras, our brains do not just project the environment into our consciousness • We add our own feelings and thoughts to what is seen • Different mindsets portray different views on a subject • Beliefs have everything to do with how we see the world • Sometimes the brain makes mistakes, replacing a picture with something else • All these reasons sometimes make an image not what it seems Myth #9- we see the world as it is

  3. In early August this mural drew up a comment firestorm online when Fox 25 reported it as a story • They asked passerby (and later online) what the mural looked like • Many of those who responded said that it looked like a terrorist, some even saying words too offensive to quote Point of View • All this goes with the idea that people’s beliefs dictate what they see • In this case, Americans have been at war for years, fighting terrorism in the Middle East, a mainly Muslim region • This caused people to unfairly associate the Muslim people with terrorism • Os Gêmeos, the two Brazilian artists who drew the mural, intended the art to be a little boy with a red jacket around his head • Prejudice still is a huge force in the world, by religion, race, or history; their viewpoint swayed by personal opinion

  4. There are many ways to confuse the mind The mind’s search for patterns, when none show up, ends up as a illusion Desert mirages, caused by bent light rays in the desert, creates a image out of nothing Optical illusions, notably by M. C. Escher, confuse by making the painting illogical, blurring lines (literally) between height and distance Stage magic uses this plenty, often distracting the audience’s attention to *poof* make the impossible possible Tricks of the mind

  5. http://www.mcescher.com/Biography/biography.htm -Escher picture and information http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Street-art-mural-stirs-racial-debate-in-Boston/27012 -controversial mural in Dewey Square, Boston http://www.unurth.com/Os-Gemeos-Blu-Lisbon-1 -another Os Gemeos piece http://www.opticalillusioncollection.com/2010/06/flower-vase-or-pair-of-face.html -vase (or goblet or fancy margarita glass) illusion http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Top-Ten-Myths-About-the-Brain.html -actual article and myth used in this presentation http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ScintillatingGridIllusion.html -grid illusion http://vyanks.blogspot.com/2010/07/inception-dream.html -never ending staircase http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voAntzB7EwE&feature=BFa&list=PL1ED3DD7FFE1BA7B1 –video, the power of distraction Sources

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