Understanding.
“We often see what we expect to see, not what is really there.”
When we expect for something to become true, and it does (because we are expecting it), it is called a “self-fulfilling prophecy.” And most of the time we do receive exactly what we are expecting to receive.
Here is an experiment showing proof of the evidence toward the “New Look Perspective.” It was done by Bruner & Postman.
At a teacher conference of around 350, they gave out essays to all the teachers to grade. One-third of the teachers were told the student who wrote the essay had an above average IQ. One-third were told the student had an average IQ. And one-third were told the student had a below average IQ.
The result was, the teachers told the student had an above average IQ, gave the essay a significantly higher grade. So, the higher the IQ the teacher THOUGHT the student had, the higher the grade they gave the student... even though they were the EXACT SAME essay. They believed the essay was going to be better (because the student was smarter), and they got what they expected.
So again, remember this, “We often see what we expect to see, not what is really there.”
One of the main reasons on my change. I am more up beat and understanding of things. I look at everything with the glass half full. If I see something that might a difficult task for me I will accept the challenge. I push my self to new limits each day. Plus, my humor has never failed me.
Before, I would always be negative towards a lot of things. Then when things were actually positive I would just let it pass me by. The whole time I would pick and choose to look at life negatively. That has now changed.
PS I can not believe how many gorgeous girls are in my fitness and nutrition class! There is easily 15 babes.