Psych. Blog #7

Sensations are what we see, hear, touch, and taste. The major sensations that we use the most is the ability to see and hear. We use sight to what is ahead of use when we are walking, running, and even driving. Being able to hear lets us communicate with each other and lets us know when something is approaching or going on around us when we can't not see it. We use the sensation of touch to feel the world around us. It lets us feel pain when we hit or bump into something. Blind people need to rely on there hearing and sense of touch, because not all objects make sound.
Perception is what we see in terms how far away someone is, how deep a hole is, and when we look at things that it is what we think it is. What I mean by what you think it as is that the brain's perception on an object may be off by how far away something is or the depth of it. The brain will try to complete the object or try to make sense of what is being seen when the object is in pieces and scattered or the picture is being blurred.

One thing I learned is that when the mind sees a two-dimensional objects it tries to put them together to make a three-dimensional object. This is interesting because when we see we see in what is considered 3d. This is due to the fact that each eye sees the same thing from different angles and when both eyes open and the image is combined it causes a 3d effect. I saw this demonstration on a show that was talking about a new 3d camera that is trying to create movies where the viewers don't need 3d glasses. They used a pencil and to hold the pencil at arms length away from you and to close each eye, one at time, and look at it. What you see both times is combined to make what you see with both eyes. This information only changes the way I think about things by having this new information in my mind and realize when I watch 3d movies how the idea came to be.

The article I found was "Psychology of Magic: 3 Critical Techniques." What it is about is that psychologists are trying to find new was of understanding the human mind. They found that magicians have been using mind-bending effects, manipulating people's expectations, and misdirecting their attention, and influence their decision-making. This all intrigues psychologists. The three techniques are psychological misdirection, cognitive illusions, and mental forcing. Psychological misdirection is when the magician points to an object to divert your attention there so that a trick may work. Cognitive illusions rely on manipulating the attention also. Mental forcing like used in card tricks make it inevitable to escape.