PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Social Cognition, Linguistic Relativity, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 215
• Professor: Mark Baldwin

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Tells us a story about when he was in uni and used to watch hockey with his friends in residence. Maple leafs were playing very poorly, one guy who was a hockey fan was getting really upset at one point it seemed as if he was sobbing (he had his head in his hands) Prof started laughi(cid:374)g (cid:271)(cid:272) he did(cid:374)"t u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)d the other perso(cid:374)"s rea(cid:272)tio(cid:374) His friend asked him wh(cid:455) he (cid:449)as laughi(cid:374)g (cid:862)do(cid:374)"t (cid:455)ou u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)d that this gu(cid:455) is i(cid:374) pai(cid:374)? (cid:863) There are so many different things that can influence our feelings and behaviour that other ppl may not be able to understand. Different ppl find different things to be important. We tend to feel that we are experiencing what is directly in front of us without any bias. We do(cid:374)"t thi(cid:374)k a(cid:271)out (cid:272)o(cid:374)strual a(cid:374)d that (cid:449)e are (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g our se(cid:374)se of realit(cid:455) The more you think about it, the less it makes sense.