Module 17

a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another

Ex. Image - what do you see?

"mind over mind"

Ex. Lochness Monster

Misheard music lyrics

can also affect taste

6 to 1 believe French fries taste better in McDonalds packaging

our experiences form concepts or schemas - more later on this

eye of the beholder - without blue or pink hard to distinguish baby's gender

ex. Mom fakes meal using happy meal box during Covid 19

influences how we interpret stimuli

but immediate context, motivation, and emotion also affect interpretation

Context creates an expectation, top-down influences our perception of a previously heard phrase

also cultural context inform our perceptions i.e. different views of people

ex. as a pedestrian hate drivers, while driving, hate pedestrians

Motivation also plays a factor

energy to work towards our goal

bias our interpretations of neural stimuli

ex. in softball ball appears bigger when you are hitting it as a bugger target is easier to hit

experiments have shown that emotions can shove our perceptions in one direction or another

ex. hearing sad music can make you perceive sad meaning in words like mourning and morning

much of what we perceive comes not just from what's out there," but also from what's behind our eyes and between our ears.

perception fed by sensation, cognition, and emotion

ESP controversy idea that perception can occur apart from sensory input

around 50% believe that people have special abilities

ex. Psychics

telepathy - mind to mind communication

clairvoyance - perceiving remote events

precognition - perceiving future events

psychokinesis - moving items with the mind

Parapsychology - the study of paranormal phenomena such as ESP and psychokinesis