Running head: COGNITION AND REALITY Raymond Summers Psychology 202 Cynda Hopper Change Blindness: The Proof of Ignorance Cognitive psychology is not so much difficult to see in action‚ but rather it is difficult to understand why. This did not stop cognitive psychologists Daniel Levin and Daniel Simons. They proposed that when a person meets another object‚ if that object is not important enough to the person‚ that same person will in fact pay less attention to it. They performed two experiments
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Shakespearean terms‚ blind means a whole different thing. Blindness can normally be defined as the inability of the eye to see‚ but according to Shakespeare‚ blindness is not a physical quality‚ but a mental flaw some people possess. One of Shakespeare’s most dominant Theme in his play King Lear is that of blindness. King Lear‚ Gloucester‚ and Albany are three prime examples Shakespeare incorporates this theme into. Each of these characters’s blindness was the primary cause of the bad decisions they made;
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English 2 Pre-Ap / period-3 10-19-2013 Ignorance is Not Bliss Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophocles‚ premiered in 429 B.C.E.‚ tackles the idea of fate‚ and how too great of a desire to change fate will result in the opposite of what you want to happen. I believe that this play was created to argue against the idea that your fate can be changed. I also believe that you can’t change your fate but I am convinced that you will never know your fate until after it happens. The story of Oedipus was carried orally
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I G N O R A N C E Ignorance is bliss they say‚ but if we seriously consider things‚ is it? Ignorance is created by one man and his failings to understand that individuals are inherently the same. His failings to acknowledge that people’s preferences do not label them as ‘abnormal’. Ignorance is fear of the unknown‚ judgement without education and false assumptions inflicted upon groups and individuals in society. Throughout history‚ we can trace major social and cultural conflicts back to the oblivious
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Blindness Has Consequences MACBETH – FINAL ESSAY ENG 3U When a character in a tragedy fails to see what they really are‚ or who other people around them really are‚ tragedy‚ normally consisting of death results. In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare many characters fail to see the truth that is themselves‚ or another person. The play reads‚ “I think not of them: Yet when we can entreat an hour to serve‚ We would spend it in some words upon that business If you would grant me the time.” (Act
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Color blindness or color vision deficiency is the inability or decreased ability to see color‚ or distinguish color differences‚ under normal lighting conditions. Color blindness affects many people in a population. "Color blind" is a term of art; there is no actual blindness but there is a fault in the development of one or more sets of retinal cones that perceive color in light and transmit that inform ation to the optic nerve. Symptoms like those of color blindness can also be produced by physical
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INATTENTIONAL BLINDNESS Inattentional blindness‚ also known as perceptual blindness‚ is the phenomenon of not being able to see things that are actually there. This can be a result of having no internal frame of reference to perceive the unseen objects‚ or it can be the result of the mental focus or attention which cause mental distractions. The phenomenon is due to how our minds see and process information. Closely related to the subject of change blindness‚ it is an observed phenomenon of the
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Symbol of Blindness in King Lear Blindness is usually defined as the physical ability of the eye to see. But in King Lear by William Shakespeare‚ blindness is not just a physical quality but also a mental flaw that people possess. This mental flaw can then lead to people making bad decisions because they can’t see the truth. In King Lear‚ the recurring images of sight and blindness that are associated with the characters of Lear and Gloucester illustrate the theme of self-knowledge and consciousness
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the people who are affected by river blindness. I believe many pharmaceutical in the area that river blindness occurs will invest in the cure for river blindness. 3. However‚ Merck could not justify such an investment in terms of financial at all‚ because this development is a big financial risk. Merck works for a company that is committed to the people‚ so they take risk to better the people. This is the main reason they would create a cure for river blindness 4. Merck could tell them that the cost
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Color Blindness: Explanation Of Disease: · Color blindness is often the result of a genetic deficiency‚ but can also result from eye‚ nerve or brain damage‚ or exposure to certain chemicals. Being color blind means individuals have an inability to distinguish between some of the colors that others can see differently. Color blindness can be present from birth‚ or it may develop at a later stage in life. It can also be stationary or progressive. Normal color vision requires the use of specialized
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