Analysis Of Why Seeing (The Unexpected) Is Often Not Believing

The opening statement of the article Looks can deceive: Why Perception and Reality Don't Always Match Up by Christof Koch reads as follows; “When you are facing a tricky task, your view of the world may not be as accurate as you think” (Koch, 2010) In this article Koch argues that a human’s conscious perception of the world is neither static or accurate. That people everywhere are incapable of being one hundred percent objective and therefore their awareness of objects surrounding them is dependent on factors such as personal strength, confidence, fears and desires. Koch states that being human is equal to “seeing the world through your own, constantly shifting, lens” (Koch, 2010)

"Don't trust everything you see. Even salt looks like sugar"--Anonymous. Some people believe that once you see something, you can claim it to be true, but is it? Other citizens think what they see is an optical illusion, acting, or maybe even craziness. For example, back in the slavery era, the overseers, drivers, and slaves had to be in the hot sun either working or watching out for suspicious. When you are in the heat too long, you began to hallucinate because you are hot, thirsty, or even tired. You believe you see something, but is it there, is there any proof, or are you just focused on what you think. Therefore, I understand that the saying "seeing is believing," is not accurate.

A young black activist who was found hanging in her jail cell after being being detained during a routine traffic stop for allegedly assaulting an officer. Speculations grew quickly after her family found out about her death. Reassuring the fact that Sandra was not the type to commit suicide. Many questions arose regarding the circumstances of her death as details emerge about Wallet County's allegedly racist sheriff, previous infractions obtained and actual footage of Bland's arrest. Suspicious evidence regarding the Bland's odd positioned mugshot, lack of validity about the garbage bag she used to hang herself and the harsh behavior against her by the sheriff, including a direct threat about "Lighting her up" had many questioning if police are really doing their job. The Stanford prison experiment was a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. This ultimately gave experimenters an overview about the absolute power one obtains once given a position of higher power. The guards grew more out of control when the other students were labeled negatively. Psychology plays a huge role among police and civilian interactions. It is important to realize the severity of these situations. It is time to start reforming the system psychologically, mentally educating both the people and the police through therapy sessions.Many fail to realize that police see many harsh things daily that make them act

After being taught three chapters of psychology I have encountered a wide range of information that has interested me, but perception has definitely interested me the most. It has interested me the most because ever since I was a kid I wondered why things closer to the car seemed to be moving faster than objects in the distance. Perception is the body's abilities to sense or detect something through its senses. We use perception everyday as it plays a large role in human life due to the fact that almost everything we encounter can be detected by our five senses.

If a blind person walked into the room, I would expect to see someone who looked feeble, wore dark glasses, used a cane, and potentially had a guide dog. The narrator of this story had similar preconceptions about the blind. Some of these preconceptions were that “the blind move slowly and never laugh”, “sometimes [the blind are] led by seeing-eye dogs”, the blind man’s life and marriage were unfulfilling because he was unable not see, and others that had to do with physical appearance and mannerisms. This blind man though breaks these stereotypes and much more. Conventional ideas about the blind are broken because of the way he was portrayed and helped to teach the narrator a lesson.

The article “Race and Policing: Treat Black Men And Boys like Victims, too” written by Gene Demby; focuses on the matter how black people are more likely to become the perpetrator of crime instead of the victim. he researched on the matter. His article focused on the study by the two sociologist names Andrew Papachristos and Christopher Wildeman. The passage argues bout the fact that people focuses on the fact the black men and boy are get blamed for the crimes but people don’t focus on the part about they being the victim. the police department in the areas where the majority are black people do not seem to care about solving the crimes as much as other areas. In the essay it was mentioned that in an urban area in Chicago, where the majority

However, other studies continue to show that there are consequences for race in regards to a police officer’s response to criminal suspects. One study in particular used a computer simulation to examine police officers’ decisions to shoot Black and White criminal suspects. Responses to the simulation revealed that upon initial exposure to the program, the officers were more likely to mistakenly shoot unarmed Black compared with unarmed White suspects. However, after extensive training with the program, in which the race of the suspect was unrelated to the presence of a weapon, the officers were able to eliminate this bias. (Plant, A., & Peruche, M. n.d.) Although there is a group of people who have the counterargument that reverse racism is becoming more of an issue than racial bias against Black Americans, recent Gallup polling still reveals that nearly seventy percent of Black Americans believe that the U.S. justice system is biased against them. The poll also shows that a quarter of White Americans as well as a third of all adults nationally, agrees. (Race Relations 2015).

“There have been some tragic events lately involving black men and the police. While the jury is still out on some of those incidents, some appear to have been real travesties of justice” (Matthews & Wendell 4).

There are times when correlation between variables appears to present an obvious causal relationship, however, it is irresponsible for both researchers and the news media to produce predictions without looking for alternate factors. A good example is decades of reporting on the relationship between single-mother households (independent variable) and rising crime rates (dependent variable). The preceding example was explored by Philip Cohen (2012) in his article on the single mom and murder rate relationship during the 1990s, in which he noted, “I think single mothers—especially those who were raising kids back in the 1990s—deserve an apology from the conventional-wisdom purveyors of that time” (para. 2). Beginning with an exploration of the media’s interpretation of this relationship, I will also further examine the correct interpretation, and the policy implications of Cohen’s finding.

As mentioned above, disjunctivism is concerned with the difference between perceptionsand hallucinations. Snowdon states that disjunctivism holds that O is seen so long as it is overalla case of something’s looking some way (F) to S, as opposed to its being to S as if somethinglooked that way, and O is the something that looks that way (159-160). For O to be thatsomething simply is for O to look that way (160). From these assumptions arise an alternativeexplanation to U-cases: “that what actually went on would have gone on whether the objectswere present or not” (160). However, as consistent with disjunctivism, there is a distinctionbetween cases in which the specified objects look some way and ones that do not. Fish notes anexample of

While many valid points are made by John Gatto in his article regarding the design of public schools, the design of public schools is not to "produce mediocre intellects," or to "deny students appreciable leadership skills," or simply "teach to the test." Rather, the purpose is to give students a base, such as critical thinking skills, the ability to study and learn, and a basic understanding of concepts necessary for most areas of study, upon which to develop these skills on their own.

Since humans evolved, we’ve relied on our senses to guide us and help us survive, for without them, we’d have gone extinct a long time ago. Our sight lets us view the world around, allowing us not only to spot danger, but also to explore, and discover new places and objects, whilst our hearing allows us, for example, to survey our surrounding more efficiently. We’ve always needed our senses to survive, so much so that the idea of them being untrustworthy is a worrying thought, but is it possible for this to happen, and can our senses be deceived?

Interpretation, perception and decrement are important in the evolution of doctrine because they make room for growth and change; This is important because change and growth is necessary for an institution to thrive.  Interpretation, perception, and discernment lead to enlightenment and thus causing a ripple effect and eventually change. Enlightenment is important because it leads to change and growth within the church and doctrine preventing it from becoming outdated. Much like plato's cave we as a community are often looking at the shadows on the wall unable to understand or face whats behind us but through discernment our perspective changes and allows us to view what is behind us and much like plato's cave we will never be content going

Positive illusions are unrealistic, biased attitudes that individuals have about themselves and towards other individuals, normally close friends or family members. Positive illusions is “a perception that represents what is perceived in a way different from the way it is in reality. An illusion is a false mental image or conception which may be a misinterpretation of a real appearance or may be something imagined. It may be pleasing, harmless or even useful (Stein, 1982, p 662). The more positive illusions the higher self-esteem an individual has. It should be noted that positive illusions are more common in western countries than other parts of the world. Research has found that positive illusions promote a better mental health.

According to YourDictionary, expect the unexpected means “To not be surprised by an unusual event. Anything could happen, and probably will.” Many never know what life is going to throw at them. Without a reason or an explanation, people will often ask many questions. I have learned that you need to expect the unexpected. Expecting the unexpected will bring the best out of any situation because the good will show through. There will be times when there is no explanation and people sit and think to themselves, “why me?” After time, the positive factors will start to appear. People will understand the one question they have been asking all along, “why me?” People already have many questions about life. When life throws unexpected news at a person, everything turns into a question. Finding happiness is hard because people are caught up on all the negative and no one sees the positive. Finding the reason is hard. To find the reason, people need to see what is going to come out of the situation in the long run. Anything can happen. Expecting the unexpected will make life for a person easier. By expecting the unexpected, people are prepared for whatever life decides to throw at them. Be prepared and be ready. Unexpected happiness has a great effect on people. The happiness brings out the good side of the unexpected. Once people make the best out of the unexpected, life will become less questionable.