1. One time I was walking down the street and heard a group of girls hysterically laugh after I passed them. Due to prior experiences I automatically assumed that they were laughing at my expense and immediately felt awkward. By seeing them eye me and hearing them laugh led me to believe they were just attempting to be mean.
2. I realized I was wrong when I glanced behind me and seen that they weren’t even looking in my direction. I had a been victim go misperception causing me to believe something was true that simply wasn’t. What we see, hear, and feel under ideal observational conditions is heavily influenced by our prior beliefs and expectations (Lilienfed, Lynn, Namy, & Woolf p.151).
3. My senses were fooled because I felt like since I was the one to walk past them and heard them laughing it made me feel awkward. It led me to perceive seeing how there were a group of girls and I was the only one not associated with them on the street that they were cackling at my expense.
4. Our senses can easily be fooled on our abilities to assume that we know what goes on around us due to prior experiences. Our brain has a way to make assumptions on its own. Psychologist believe influences can be caused by prior beliefs which fools the mind to interpret things the way it wants to.(Lilienfed, Lynn, Namy, & Woolf p.156-159).
Reference:
Lilienfeld, S. O., Lynn, S. J., Namy, L. L., & Woolf, N. J. (2014). Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding (Third Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
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