Blind spots are personality based, where they are the perceptions of how individuals see us and how we see ourselves. Almost everyone believes that they know themselves better, compared to other people knowing them better. Based off studies from experts, these blind spots could prove us wrong and show that others might know us better than what we thought. These blind spots are caused by lack of information, having too much information, and are the results of motivated cognitive processes.
Often having little information can result in not knowing the individual very well and can lead to judging someone or assuming information, which can often establish problems and issues. Having too much information gives access to many different kinds and amounts of information. Feelings, behaviors, and thoughts are a few kinds of evidence and patterns that allow you to know the person. Additionally, knowing our self-worth can have an influence on our self-perception. Often people are bias about themselves, and always has a positive attitude about themselves, these are just a few issues that create blind spots.
2.) Who has better information for judging internal traits, the self or others? Why?
When it comes to judging internal traits, we know ourselves better than others know us. We
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Many traits can be judged from our physical appearance, our social media posts, and interactions in everyday experiences. Its in how we carry ourselves, to how we carry a conversation, our music collection, to what movies we like to watch, it’s the books we read, to our living spaces. We don’t think about all of these things, when we are wondering how people see us, but these are just a few of the many reasons how people know us better than we know ourselves. Overall, we think we know ourselves better than other people, but when we leaves clues around all over the place it is actually the
The connections I anticipate my group members will make as a result of this question is to experiences that they have underestimated people by how the look, not how they truly are. They might think that someone is incapable of a task until they're proven wrong. This can also relate to the quote “Never judge a book by its cover”. It means to never make something or someone feel smaller or less important than they actually are, as in this saying it is the book. You never know how the book really is, by just looking at the cover. Additionally, connections I foresee my group will create based on the critical thinking question made is to the book “Cue for Treason” by Geoffrey Trease since all group members were in that group. In the book, underestimation was one of the several themes represented. This is to the character Burbage. Burbage thought that Kit was ten
Everyday people are stereotypical towards other people. Everyone makes assumptions and have their own blind spots. A blind spot can be understood as when someone does not understand the full picture and believes rumors or other people without knowing the full story. In “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, Atticus says that “you never really understand a person until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them” and that was the solution to blindspots. Although it is true that sometimes people are exactly who they seemed to be, most of the time people can not judge someone without seeing the whole picture, understanding their point of view and walking around in their shoes.
Self-perception is something which can definitely harm anybody. In today’s world, there are many people who like the idea of just aiming for the conclusion and who don’t even think of what the consequences might be, they never even think of how the thing that they are doing might affect others. This can usually occur in many places like high schools. Students say stuff about their friends(rumors) which might usually hurt somebody else. These people are always dodging the reality and are never even thinking about the future. Making such sort of decisions about someone is ridiculous. “Point of View” is something which should be taken into account. Without knowing anyone and assuming who they are is not only wrong but is also hurtful. It’s like assuming someone's race or assuming how much they earn or simply just accusing someone of being a criminal without even knowing the reality. The idea is not to harm anybody and that's what leaders like Gandhi or Mother Teresa do, they are people with a very clear point of view. One should never have a fixed perception of anything because having a fixed perception kills anybody who has one.
We are apt to think we remember a situation better than we actually do, leading to suggestion and distorting the actual truth unintentionally. For this reason, judges on a court case do not rely solely on evidence from eyewitness testimony because even though one may appear to be telling the truth, what they are actually saying can be false. Going hand in hand with memory is confidence. A dose of confidence appears to make a person sound brighter on the topic at hand and even consents others with confidence that what they are saying is correct and trusting. However, Chabris and Simons warn us that confidence should not be the determiner of deciding who is more reliable. A person who displays more confidence in general over another person cannot be perceived as smarter, for this an illusion people quite often make when determining what side to be on. Another issue with this is the explanation The Invisible Gorilla gives of knowledge and how we generally think we know more than we actually do. We tend to initiate the effects of experiences from a cause not related at all, jumping to conclusions, and believing there are easier ways to make ourselves smarter by projecting potential. Our memory, confidence, and knowledge as well as cause and potential all deceive us on everyday occasions convincing us to believe far more than the truth on a regular
Oedipus also showed selflessness when he leaves Corinth to protect his parents. When Oedipus' prophecy is revealed to him he leaves Corinth so he didn’t kill his father, and marry his mother. He displayed selflessness because he could have stayed in Corinth and taken the chance of his prophecy coming true with his adoptive parents, but he left to save them.
we seem determined to be viewed in a specific light. some long seen as strong, others as hardworking, many as wealthy, independent, beautiful. The list goes on and on. We begin to value ourselves based on a sliver of who we are and not whose we
Reading "To Kill A Mockingbird" is more than just reading a book about race and injustice. This book is a complex, rich exploration of the risk associated with conforming to gender stereotypes, how poverty and class can limit our abilities to achieve the American dream, and how racism damages both those that peritrate it and those that endure it, and the vital importance of expressing our voices by speaking out against injustice WHEREVER we encounter it. And while it certainly is not the only book about race and injustice, it was one of the FIRST books about race and injustice that inspired people to change their behaviors.
When seeing someone for the first time, it is quite easy to tell a lot about them. For instance, if their hair is everywhere or their outfit is so remarkable it looks like it belongs in a Vogue Magazine. People critic things constantly about someone other than themselves, it is what humans do. Though, Society today sees and judge’s things like cultural background rather than one’s traits and how they present themselves as a person.
Walking down the street, we are forced to guess things about others. It’s what people do whether we like or not, and in those first seconds of seeing someone, a list is being checked off. We associate people into fuzzy and non-distinctive groups because that’s how we operate. People even group themselves into insignificant and finite categories, but in reality there is no such person that only fits into one of those said categories. “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings” by Gabriel García Márquez and “St. Roach” by Muriel Rukeyser can be viewed as allegories for this concept of rash decisions and judgements of others based upon minute knowledge.
It is hard to determine if self-examination is biased due to outside opinion, or because any personal perspective ourselves may be lacking insight. Generally though, people do not think they are something they are not, or vice versa, without cause. Many statements I may make about myself are determined through self-exploration, and many are realized after hearing the passing comments of others`. However, I like to believe that I know myself best. The 20 sentence quiz taken in class convinces me more so when I notice most of what I say about myself would not be known by others unless I told them. The most notable self-made comments on the list being that I am anxious and queer, whereas saying that I am friendly is easily observable.
The last mistake is failing to correct for skewed vision, in fact many people tend to interpret information for their own interests. A self-serving role bias on the
When you have a clear understanding of your identity, then you’re able to appreciate other’s uniqueness. People that esteem
The main answer for setting yourself free from the unjustifiable judgment of others is to comprehend why do individuals judge others and how their judgment is shaped. When you know how the procedure functions you won't get influenced at all in the event that somebody judged you. You may believe that its excessively childish not, making it impossible to listen to others or to consider their conclusion to be commendable however after you know the accompanying realities you will alter your opinion. The human personality was intended to fill holes, we accept the expectations of other individuals when we have missing data and this prompts inaccurate judgment more often
This step involves our perception of how we think they are judging us. We may be correct or incorrect. Therefore, it is very essential not to create mental prototypes right away based on physical attributes. If we understand how culture is used by people, how cultural elements constrain certain patterns of action, what aspects of our “cultural heritage have enduring effects on out action, and what specific historical changes undermine the validity of some cultural patterns “(Kendall, 2002, p.67) and give rise to others, we can apply our imagination not only to our own society but to the entire world as well (Swidler,
Our identity can sometimes be shaped by the way others see us. As we have seen, the way in which others view us can have some sort of impact on how we see ourselves. There are also other contributing factors such as our years of adolescence, the basic human need of wanting to belong and maturing; all play an equally important part in the forming of our character and who we are. On balance it appears that there is not only one influence in the shaping of our identity, but there are many.