Monday, January 12, 2009
Chapter 4 reading response
This chapter was interesting. It appealed to me more than the other chapters because to an extent it made sense. The text stated we as humans see what we want to see, hear what we want to hear, and believe what we want to believe, despite what may actually be. There are many instances in life where I have chosen to believe something, even though there was doubt in my mind. Furthermore, the perception of certain things in life vary between individuals. For example, in my own life, an argument between myself and my older brother. His description of what he said and what I said was dramatically different than how I remembered it. Even in professional sports today, there is always one referee who sees a play differently than the others. Misconceptions are easily made, however, if we as humans agree with the misconceptions in our heads we may just take them as truth. This chapter demonstrates through the example of how the fans of the Princeton versus Dartmouth game perceived the roughness of the game. The data demonstrated the Princeton fans viewed many more plays that included rough play in comparison to the Dartmouth fans who saw few. How one experiences life is based off of how they perceive things which makes facts seem almost relative in truth value.
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I like this chapter as well and also enjoy the examples you use to illustrate misconception. I certainly can identify with the arguement analogy. There are many times in which I argue with someone and they precieve me differently than I feel I am acting. It all comes down to the fact that I am a passionate and highstrung individual. However, I am precieved differently most likely, becuase of what the other person has precieved throughout their lifetime.
ReplyDeleteI agree [and have also experienced] some of the examples you give here - I think that each person has their own way of perceiving things. and so, when we are asked to choose between our own instincts and an opposing one, we fail to see the pros and cons of both, and insist upon our own being the correct. this can further create more misconceptions that may spread much further throughout people than those who were originally involved and influenced by the situation.
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