Sense+Perception+2


 * Here is the wiki for Sense Perception 2. Read the quote below, then provide a minimum of two comments in which you respond to the quote, or to the comments made by your colleagues. I have also embedded the youtube video that I was telling you all about in class. Hopefully you can watch it (you can't view youtube videos at school). Enjoy! Comments are due by 11:59 on Tuesday, September 6th!**

There is, perhaps, one universal truth about all forms of human cognition: the ability to deal with knowledge is hugely exceeded by the potential knowledge contained in man's environment. To cope with this diversity, man's perception, his memory, and his thought processes early become governed by strategies for protecting his limited capacities from the confusion of overloading. We tend to perceive things schematically, for example, rather than in detail, or we represent a class of diverse things by some sort of averaged "typical instance." JEROME S. BRUNER, Art as a Mode of Knowing

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Bryant D. This video is an interesting way to ridicule perception. Since people are usually deceived by their very own perception (usually site), they tend to mistake things for what they really are.

Aaron C. I find it interesting that Burner uses protect when describing roles and bias with in our minds. I find it interesting that when we talk about something being biased we usually hold it as a negative aspect however here in the quote it states that it helps us from being overwhelmed.

Bryant D. I believe that Burner is expressing how little people actually know about the truth or reality. Since we have senses and natural instincts that blind us from reality, it is impossible for any man to completely discover it.

Aaron C.: I believe that what Bruner is say is the reason for bias is to protect ourselves from the overwhelming amount of knowledge that is presented to us from our environment.

Na'Keenya J: I think Burner is trying to say that we hide behind what we expect to see instead of actually preeceivig what is in front of us. For example often times in life we comfortable with our own way of thinking that we keep with that way of thinking. Fabian D: When Burner says "schematically" i think it means that we percieve things the way we feel most comforable with. For example most people find it unecceasry to find out the technology behind ipods, it would be useless information for someone who just wants to use the ipod for it's intended use.

Fernando G: Also, whenever we reach to a point that we do not what to accept what we perceive, we tend to act like it never happened, to show no fear, shock, weakness, etc.

Fernando G: I believe to what Mr. Bruner is stating here is humans tend to be more comfortable to not acknowledge something that could harm them, or to cause trauma, fear, etc.

Joselyn G: 'I agree with Olivias comment. Our minds do prevent us for overlooking into the truth in order to prevent finding something we are unconforable. Referring back to biology our bodys seek homostesis which is a constant equibibru. Thus our minds work the same way by seeking to stay constant in prevention of an unbalenced train of thought.

Joselyn G: In addition to miguels comment, we often generalize in order to simplify the truth instead of being unconforable with the idea of not knowng. An example of this can be the big bang theory.scientist dont have actual proof on how earth started but they used "evidence" & came up with the theory in order to satisfy all the questions.

Jesus O: I concur with everyone. I think that TOK is a perfect example that deals with the issue Bruner talks about in his quote. Jesus O: I interpreted that there is too much for us to percieve in the enviroment and that we process our thoughts and memories to a certain degree, to which we don't think about things too much to prevent us from a brain fuse (confusion). So we just state that something is "typical" to escape confusion, when we get to a point in which we get confuse, and we stop thinking further more about it.

Francisco M: I think that the quote also means that this is a process that all humans do.That it is a "universal truth".

Miguel L: In addition to Cesar's first comment, Bruner is saying that if we keep on thinking simple/basic we will no longer be able to handle problems that are difficult to solve. We are becoming lazy and generalize too much. If we put more effort in learning something thoroughly, it will not only help us understand something better but will accustom our thinking to think more crucially. :)

Miguel L: I believe that Bruner is trying to say that we usually try to simplify things that we learn and try to put them in a group with other things that are similar instead of not having any categories and describing everything we encounter in its own special way.

Xiomara G: Also, why is it when referring to the human race, it is referred to as "man" and not "humanity" because it completely undermines women but we are so used to the use of the term we do nothing about it.

Xiomara G: I believe this means that the knowledge already represented to us serves as a limitation to further knowledge. Also, later this knowledge becomes a way to exceed to other types of knowledge. Cesar L: Bruner douse include at the begging of his that the vast knowledge of the world is to mutch for are minds to handle...we'll have to prove him wrong;p.

Cesar L: Bruner is explaining how as humans we find shortcuts to hide the things we believe we cant handle so mutch we become accustomed to thinking basic("typical").

Vazquez S: Response to Melissa, Those who chose to break away from the protection that their brain provides, end up going insane and loosing their minds. There is a reason why our brain blocks many things out.

Francisco M: I think that Bruner is trying to explain that becuase there is too much information for the human knowledge to perceive. That is why we are set to perceive things in a typical manner making sure that the knowledge is retained, by creating a category where it is all seen in the same way.

Fabian D: I have to agree with everyone else about the first part of the quote; that we have an infinite amount of knowledge around us and it is impossible to attain it all. As for the second part i think Bruner is trying to say is that man tries only to learn the superficial knowledge of a subject. However how can you be more confused when you know more? Are we supposed to respond to the video too?

Jason M.:I think that what Bruner is trying to imply is that there is a vast knowledge around us but we are unable to retained that vast amount of knowledge, bruner also says that our brain which contains our thought process and memories is being protected form being overload by too much knowledge, and that our perception is only perceive through our sight instead of using all our senses.

Melissa M.: Santos: What about the people who do not wish to feel comfortable and protected, how would they react?

Melissa M.: I believe the message that Burner is giving is that when we perceive new experiences we automatically compare them to previous ones instead of appreciating what is presented to us, since we see it as less than the average of the prior experiences that we have had. Therefore we do not try to go in depth with concepts we just intake the fundamentals of it.

Vazquez S: Daniela, how does excluding something from our perception make us more confused?

Daniela G: Burner is saying that the knowledge surrounding man is in greater concentration than our ability to perceive it. Because of this, our mind will try to prevent confusion from occurring by perceiving the knowledge through memories or even excluding the knowledge altogether. This causes errors in perception and, ironically, may cause even more confusion.

Vazquez S: With the first part of the quote, I believe Mr. Bruner is saying there is much more around us that we can actually perceive. Since it is too much for us to perceive at once, our brain has simply left them out so we can be comfortable and protected from all the details outside of our senses.

Olivia M: I like how Bruner basically says that the one possible "universal truth" may just be the process in which we look for and find universal truths, which creates a bit of a paradox in what universal truth is.

Olivia M: He also says that as humans, we like to stay inside of our comfort zones, even in our minds. What we believe we are steady enough to comprehend always pales in comparison to the potential of the unknown. His statement about things brings up the idea of how immeasurable the unknown truely is, because you can never really know how much it is that you don't know if you don't know it, you know? :)