Fundamental cognitive
error – making one interpretation whereas many could have been possible.
Our perception is shaped by the sum of our experiences.
Naïve realism –
the world is the way they perceive it. But Einstein famously said, Reality is
an illusion. All objects are made of energy;
there are no colors in the world for example. Some people actually have
hallucinations: seeing things that are not really there.
We
commonly use pattern recognition to make sense of the world. Our pattern
recognition abilities are shaped by our ability to sharpen things that are
consistent with what we expect to see, and level those things that are
inconsistent. This effect is known as expectancy
effect.
related Ted Talk Video
http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_the_fiction_of_memory
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