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Ambigious Figures

Submitted by jfahl on Wed, 10/29/2008 - 1:08am.

 

Ambiguous Figures: Question 1: How many images did you see? Question 2: How many images did you see? Question 3: Did it affect your perception of the image knowing that it was an optical illusion? The control group, Group B, which knew it was an optical illusion from the start disagreed that it affected the way that they viewed the picture. However in Group A only one person saw more than one image in the picture. I think that this makes an interesting case for what we think we know. The group that knew the image was an optical illusion considered it to be common knowledge. I didn’t know what the data was going to prove to me before I gave the survey. On one hand this means that I didn’t bend the data to any side. But I also didn’t know what the point of my study was. Ulitimately I found that the hubris of the average college student blinds them from truths. Take for example Group B. There is nothing different about Group B other than they were told ahead of time what the image was. But the data shows that group B overwhelmingly believe that their knowledge didn’t change their perceptions.Ambiguous Figures: Question 1: How many images did you see? Question 2: How many images did you see? Question 3: Did it affect your perception of the image knowing that it was an optical illusion? The control group, Group B, which knew it was an optical illusion from the start disagreed that it affected the way that they viewed the picture. However in Group A only one person saw more than one image in the picture. I think that this makes an interesting case for what we think we know. The group that knew the image was an optical illusion considered it to be common knowledge. I didn’t know what the data was going to prove to me before I gave the survey. On one hand this means that I didn’t bend the data to any side. But I also didn’t know what the point of my study was. Ulitimately I found that the hubris of the average college student blinds them from truths. Take for example Group B. There is nothing different about Group B other than they were told ahead of time what the image was. But the data shows that group B overwhelmingly believe that their knowledge didn’t change their perceptions.

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