Perceiving is Believing: Crash Course Psychology #7

[@sxnchay]

CrashCourse please make a Psychology Season 2. Guys.

[@nope_9780]

Matthew J Shochat after I've finished this (all 40) I'm going on to that one

[@shivamissar9435]

Dude seriously? -_-

[@kajsa_42]

Sanchay Wadhwa Yes! We need one

[@anauxiliatrix3484]

Sanchay Wadhwa I'm pretty sure one of the reasons Crash Course Psychology stops when it does is because it follows the course guidelines of AP Psychology classes. There are a few things it adds and a couple things it omits, but for the most part, it's basically following a class structure.

[@carmenwilkin4637]

yes so Sanchay is asking for second year AP Psychology classes - such as Cognition or Neuroscience, where things begin to go further in depth. This is so awesome we want/need more!

[@samiarockson8081]

this channel is literally getting me through my degree lmao

[@MultiSciGeek]

Samia Rockson Degree? From a KZbin channel? wow

[@haley8835]

Same tho. My professor requires us to watch them 😂

[@WeeklyUFCBETS]

Truly a blessing

[@jackielehman8945]

Right!?

[@zesjerome7189]

no such hting as degreex or not, teach not taughx nmw

[@ethanterry7021]

I'd like to meet hank and johns parents for raising 2 genius sons

[@nozerty]

I love thinking about perspective. I had a therapist who used the concept of the Rubin Vase to explain to me that the world wasn't really a hopeless wreck. It was the first step in guiding me toward a perception of the world that was worth living in. I have a tattoo of the Rubin Vase on my back now. Psychology is not only interesting to me, it is life-saving. It helps millions of people every day, and I'm really glad to see you fostering an interest in people for its study. You're awesome, Hank!

[@thethingaboutbooks]

This is like a more entertaining, clearer and oh-so-much-more-fun version of my psychology class. So good!

[@crashcourse]

So what does perception even mean? What's the difference between seeing something and making sense of it? In today's episode of Crash Course Psychology, ***** gives us some insight into the differences between sensing and perceiving. Perceiving is Believing - Crash Course Psychology #7

[@MarquisAndrealphus]

I was born without depth perception and after eye surgery I got seriously spiked case of acrophobia.

[@cameronmarcum4673]

I saw a platypus

[@Swermie]

I'm a band geek! #DrumLine

[@seminaia2009]

For a second before you said and after you said mammal bunny I saw a dolphin

[@Alydragon]

Seminaia Same!

[@chloeb.7999]

Thank you Hank for doing this psychology crash course. Over the last couple of episodes I've now decided to study psychology. So yeah, if I ever become famous for it or something, its all thanks to this crash course

[@mimimarcus]

KZbin should graduate me with a degree in Crash Courses and SciShow :P

[@JillieAnn321]

There should be monthly exams... I'd pass...

[@Frost-hj4nd]

"While all the other voices jabbering about sports and beer pong and *Sherlock*..." Later: "How did he survive that jump?" YOU DID NOT JUST

[@rachelelizabeth6017]

Frost687 I KNOW!!!!! I saw that!!!! 😄😄😄😄

[@oliviabatten9168]

Frost687 I KNOW 😂

[@temporaryname4620]

I saw that too

[@victoriazerbe7770]

"Why are all these people at the same party?" lol

[@zesjerome7189]

wrr, say any nmw s ok

[@lalaithan]

@@zesjerome7189 yes

[@kendomyers]

toast and a grease fire? i see you are familiar with my cooking

[@Chaindustries]

Jesus, upside down face Hank is creepy

[@liuangyan2529]

i looked away for a second and it creeped me out

[@aSongScout]

The little brain animation is so cute!

[@drbg11]

ur cute :)

[@aSongScout]

***** ?

[@shadowcat314]

aSongScout aww, how adorable!!!

[@EmperorTikacuti]

Playing music. Cool :)

[@drbg11]

aSongScout Learn how to take a compliment.

[@AtticusAmericanus]

1:11 Upside down face Hank vs. Homunculus! The Crashcourse Psychology Championship Begins!

[@LucyGem98]

I love this series...I'm doing psychology in college and I can get a huge head start by watching these :3

[@alrichhills1815]

How did it go?

[@ChezzyMae22]

Huge shout out to Crash Course for actually finding a way for me (and probably numerous other people) to understand what my professors have been talking about, but I haven't actually comprehended until I heard it from Hank. Thanks so much

[@nicole-su8dl]

these videos are so helpful! reading vocabulary is one thing, but watching the animation really helps me understand the full meaning. thanks crash course!

[@ice209devil]

Wow this is just like half of my psychology course this semester in 10 minutes! Great summary for the exams

[@FirstRisingSouI]

When you said, "what bird do you see," I thought, "that's not a bird, it's a rabbit."

[@emmajane-fandom]

How on earth was that a rabbit

[@Yal_Rathol]

+Emma Jane bill is the ears, back of the head is the snout.

[@ALMUDDY]

i saw a dolphin

[@shahinnarouei3297]

FirstRisingSouI t

[@leahstone9938]

I saw a dolphin

[@gruntage95]

1:07 Nightmare fuel.

[@erikasteele7717]

Indeed.

[@caleighmaia]

True I was so startled I had to pause the video and breath for a sec.

[@saysierrajae]

Ikr that scared me so much because I was slowly falling sleep then opened my eyes to that!

[@darken2417]

Just Another Thank you so much. You sir are a hero of dreams. I wish people put warnings lol

[@Xandros999]

+Just Another There's a 50% chance that this is what people actually look like.

[@chefkendranguyen]

Good one, Hank. The mind is amazing, however the more I watch these the more I think the mind is amazing and ridiculous all at the same time. ;)

[@sundhaug92]

Maybe it's ridiculously amazing.

[@FrenchTheLlamaFTL]

sundhaug92 Or amazingly ridiculous. Depends on your perception

[@TheNakedGorillah]

FrenchTheLlamaFTL Good show, that made me chuckle. I like your wit sir.

[@TheDajamster]

FrenchTheLlamaFTL I see what you did there.

[@Chezmeralda]

"Why are all these people at the same party?" I'll admit, I snorted.

[@josbird]

that table thing fucked me up

[@WondaGal1000]

I'm doing a psychology review this summer to prep for my studies in the fall. So I'm basically binge watching all the crash course psychology episodes and adding to my notes if need be. These videos are great and very helpful.

[@Jegsynesdetteerjalla]

This is golden. Thanks for helping me get ready for my final exam

[@mellowfish316]

I have no binocular vision (congenital esotropia: both eyes work fine, just not together and no double vision). I regularly say I have "no depth perception" even though I can use monocular depth cues as mentioned in the video because it makes people be more conscious of throwing things to/at me or backing up their car into me as I walk behind them (both of which happen way more frequently than I would care to admit). Having no binocular vision has been a major pain in my life, both literally and figuratively as it has meant running into things and people when I misjudge distance, missing most catches/shots consistently in sports (and thus dropping out of most sports early in childhood), and generally being more "clumsy" even though I have excellent dexterity and balance. I can tell you from experience that "far away" objects are just as hard to figure out distance for as "close up" ones when you are relying solely on monocular depth cues. In addition to the "static" visual cues mentioned in the video I also use two methods for judging speed and acceleration: I count time while watching something move relative another object (useful for up close objects) or I blink rapidly and try to judge if the object is getting larger between "frames" (useful for distant objects which may be approaching, like on a road ahead of you). Speaking of driving, because it takes so much mental effort to work out speeds/distances of objects around me I have to constantly watch the road and keep a detailed mental map of what is happening with the cars all around me at all times. If I look away for even a few seconds, I cannot tell where anything is anymore and it takes half a minute or more to get my bearings again, in which time I could easily get into an accident. This is, from what I can tell from talking to other drivers, very different from the normal experience of driving a car, where one can fairly easily multitask (hence the preponderance of texting and driving).

[@BensRightBrain]

My girlfriend has the exact same thing. She was born cross-eyed, and now her brain blocks out the signal of one eye at any given moment. Stay strong. You have fellow nerdfighters out there who know exactly what you're going through. And DFTBA.

[@anthonyrossner]

An easy monocular trick to use in depth perception is moving your own head slightly; bobbing your head or shifting your viewpoint by small amounts can let you estimate the distance between two objects in your field of vision, as well as their position relative to you. Neat trick when one eye's not available to do that for you.

[@kathrayres]

The effect at 6:25 kinda blew my mind. Well done.

[@Jasmine-mh3kf]

ok, who else had to rewind at 1:11? O.o

[@ConradJD777]

+The Phantasm me XD

[@loganwhite9974]

+The Phantasm i had to

[@augustusself8119]

+The Phantasm that was a little freaky.

[@allmylettuce1969]

i actually notice his eyes were flipped when his face was upside down.

[@LuisSierra42]

that was fucked up

[@BrehuiMiruna]

I don't know how many times it would be enough for us to say how awesome you are to truly encompass your actual awesomeness, but I will add to the ever growing pile of praises to this channel : You are flabbergastingly awesome and thanks for the help!

[@prabb6471]

I'm in a summer intro psychology course (test every week!) and this series has been so helpful! Thank you!

[@alxesis]

this channel is the reason I might actually pass my exam

[@EQuivalentTube2]

1:10 WHOA WHAT THE -- Whatever. I didn't plan to sleep tonight.

[@EmperorTikacuti]

I don't sleep a lot

[@comedyman4896]

yep best just to spend the rest of the night watching crashcourse

[@komposteramig]

This is great! Are you using the book Psychology: the science of mind and behavior as a basic script for these videos? Cause it's following the chapters perfectly and bring up all the important points :D

[@komposteramig]

Ouch! :0

[@sarahhamdan5470]

it did say it is based on the ap psychology cirriculum, sorry for my bad spelling

[@RockTheMatYoga]

"Life involves a lot of movement - at least when you're doing it right!" Love that! =)

[@JN-Bellicose]

Anyone else catch the rabbit laying eggs on the table at 2:39?

[@erikasteele7717]

Me! I was like aha! The government is mind controlling uzs!

[@HaRDc0r3z]

yes, i had to go back to make sure. I saw the bunny pooping eggs though... cuz a bunny that lays eggs is ridiculous! everyone knows bunnies grow on trees and dont hatch from eggs. lol

[@gregjang5402]

I love all the little animations that happen in the background enough for me to, like, totally lose track of what Hank is saying for a moment.

[@radaradaitsbob]

Funny, I was just studying about sensation and perception for my psych class just a week ago. Love your videos, CrashCourse! Thanks for all the effort.

[@baxterburgundy9284]

Subtly inferring that talk about sports, beer pong, and Sherlock are just noise was a nice touch.

[@EcoCurious]

It's funny: I was listening to the episode but not really taking in what Hank was saying, but as soon as I heard 'Sherlock' my attention suddenly came fully back to focusing on what was being said :P

[@titania642]

this brings me straight back to my Psych 101 class. great job!

[@bigfootplays7700]

This seems like it would be a great explanation for why double blind studies are more credible. When we're looking for something, we see patterns that may not be there. Great video!

[@PavelPmusic]

"we also like closure, and not just after a break up" lol

[@isabellaashby1887]

hank is singlehandedly saving my ap exam score rn😭

[@maiseygonzalez8640]

no way those tables were the same size. NO. WAY.

[@brandenwilliams5031]

These videos are helping me get threw my psych class thank u very much. the opening to this video might just be my new favorite quote!!!!

[@TimmahDee]

AHH! Upside-down Hank will haunt my dreams forever

[@animemangaluv13]

I sometimrs sit in my room at 2am and watch all of these videos and scream because it's all so interesting I love my major so mucH

[@excesssum]

CC Psychology is awesome! Thank you for making it! ^^

[@Life4Horsez]

I just want to say that I am taking Intro to psychology and this is SOOOOOOOOO helpful! Thank you so much for doing these videos!

[@TrickyTrickyFox]

Was I the only one, who saw the bunny first and then, when he said "duck" - though, that it looked more like a seagull? :D.

[@skaduskitai8721]

***** Me too, it was a seagull from the start. Had to actually make a mental effort to see the bunny and there were no ducks.

[@revelationofapencil]

I usually can see both. I can sort of see the rabbit but this isn't a very good rabbit one. Also found with the Vase one I usually struggle to see the faces but the image they used made it quite easy.

[@TrickyTrickyFox]

Chipish the vase problem is quite explainable. You saw it on the thumbnail before the video started. So, that is why your brain was ready and had to look only for the second image. So, Hank kinda... fcked it up a little bit :D.

[@revelationofapencil]

TrickyTrickyFox i meant previous to this video. I have seen these before!!

[@TrickyTrickyFox]

Chipish oh :D.

[@ourwishonawing]

Favourite episode so far, I'm starting to think this is my favourite of all the CrashCourses altogether :)

[@yellowninja19]

"Why are all these people at the same party?" I'm with the band.

[@scottt3742]

this guy is the king of knowledge

[@Stardustchild01]

After getting to know the stuff Hank mentioned in this episode of Crash Course Psychology I stopped to trust my brain and relied more on my reason and logic to perceive the world. I learned form reading and watching this kind of materials that I shouldn't rely on my vision so much. If only people around me would understand that....

[@HappyGardenOfLife]

Reason and logic comes from your brain.

[@Stardustchild01]

What I meant was that I stopped to rely so much on my vision. I probably should have been clear on that. My mistake.

[@HappyGardenOfLife]

All of your senses can be fooled.

[@Stardustchild01]

Happy Garden Of Life True.

[@EmperorTikacuti]

We must learn from ourselves, rather than rely on others who call us dumb

[@tyrosa2812]

I'm SOOOO happy he referenced FMA. I love this series. Keep it up!

[@theletterwynn]

1:13 was so freaky...

[@Gothwick]

new to this channel and loving it but as a philosophy major... CrashCourse philosophy? anyone? ??? *thumbs up*

[@momchi98]

In the triangle with circles on the edges, I didn't notice the triangle until you mentioned it. I only saw the unfull circles. XD

[@gobgobbins4529]

SAME. I think we are broken lol

[@sarahhamdan5470]

this shows how we all hve different perseption, and how it is really cool!

[@jamesoconnell9396]

Love the Bob Ross analogy, "Here is a happy little mountain"

[@Kram1032]

That Duck/Bunny thing is so overdone that I immediately saw both and, in fact, I saw the bunny first despite you asking for a bird. I somehow managed to not think of the pink elephant. Ever so briefly but still.

[@frollard]

So many learns! Wow~! Seriously, awesome intro/crash course!

[@thelifedragon2156]

I don't know, a lot of this episode was pretty rudimentary stuff. especially if you've already watched a lot of youtube science videos.

[@theanonymous118]

i really like this crash course

[@LindiweZ]

How much would an episode cost to 'buy' if one wants a CC Psych 2 series? This is without a doubt the best CC series I've ever seen. Made so many things so much easier to understand for me. Great with the definitons etc. Love you guys!

[@loic8669]

Admit it, you all went back to 1:07!

[@PhDSheldonCooper]

Best episode of this series yet. Keep up the good work guys!

[@TheVanIslandGirl]

"..why are all these people at the same party?" Thank you Hank, for actually making me laugh out loud while studying for my psychology final exam. These videos are amazing and incredibly helpful/informative! You guys rock!

[@AngryPeopleStudios]

"Life involves a lot of movement. At least if you doing it right..." I died. briliant

[@MinockerSpanichle]

I saw the bunny first. Bird last. Preferred the bird. I have an autism spectrum disorder, if that means anything; I perceive raw sensory input with much less of a brain filter than "normal" people. Autistic people and people with ADD will get raw input without much of an automatic or default brain mode... This makes it hard to concentrate or relax and block out unimportant input. We have to learn consciously to focus and categorize things. It can be a pain in the ass xD

[@SaxtonHaleKicksHippieAss]

oh shit. That happened to me too o_o

[@MinockerSpanichle]

Welcome to the club :D

[@SaxtonHaleKicksHippieAss]

So I showed a symptom of ADD? It could have been a one time thing

[@MinockerSpanichle]

***** It's only that part of your brain (the sensory filter), so it isn't a big defective deal if your filter is not as automatic as other peoples'. It isn't impossible that you may have ADD, Austism, etc., or simply get more raw input. Usually to get more raw input on purpose, you need to consciously over-ride your brain. It is a meditation/focus thing. AKA, the opposite of zoning out; zoning in to your surroundings so much that you do not think about doing anything or what anything means. It's just "there", and you consciously decide what to do with it rather than have your brain scream, "It's a duck! I'm telling you, it's a duck!!!" Like tbh I saw the black dot first and it took me a second to look to the right (humans look to the left to read expressions, I am autistic and cannot read faces well, so I usually do not look to the left first) and then get the overall outline of the shape to think "Black dot. Eye. Nose bump. Rabbit. Two legs? No, ears/beak. Could be duck." It kind of ruined it for me that the guy suggested it was a bird or rabbit before I had completely taken in the picture! Yes, it takes me that long a while to evaluate a big picture and conclude what it could be. I get stuck on tiny things; like that black dot. Kept going back to it.

[@jasminemcgarigle8834]

I have autism too

[@Kommandant7]

Daaang, CrashCourse; your writing and your editing is getting really good!

[@giano1002]

3:30-3:36 the word "Words" is edited in. :)

[@EstherJohnson-x1g]

I have dyslexia, but wasn't diagnosed until I was a teenager because my brain worked around it. It was an eye doctor (I have nystagmus and strabismus which some data has suggested is more common in dyslexic people than the general pop) who referred me for testing, which led to a diagnosis

[@Eban11235]

I didn't get duck. The beak is entirely wrong so I got stuck on that and didn't register bunny for quite a while.

[@pamelacotton1549]

i love this guy... or shall i say, what he appears to represent ! LOL Style, flavor, INFORMATION... super delivery !

[@daveharrison84]

rabbit season! duck season!

[@TheMichiganfan1234]

Yay for the AP Test being tomorrow!

[@filll5571]

Have you guys ever thought about giving assignments?

[@sarahhamdan5470]

and THIS is how you rowin a fun lesson😂😂

[@jaeric]

Would you consider doing an episode on the many forms of A.D.D.? I myself am an adult that suffers from limbic A.D.D. and would like to raise awareness about the hardships millions of people go through. I want people to know that someone with A.D.D. is not just that annoying kid you went to school with, but that they are real people with very real struggles. On a side note, I want people to understand that seeking help and medication may diminish the struggle of someone with a mental illness/disorder, but it is not a cure. The struggle will always be there in one form or another.

[@dragonx254]

Bob Ross! He's the man

[@OliveroG]

I was expecting to hear about Illusionism and how it takes advantage of the flaws in perception ot create Magic, but it's just because i love magic. Great video, can't wait for the next one!

[@Jhf_eclipse]

4:37 third column down is 1/4 of Tumblr.

[@thaloblue]

I KNEW that was a Sherlock reference!

[@northcode_]

That is a row

[@GabeNewellDFTBA]

Andreas Larsen Yep, columns are vertical, rows are horizontal.

[@3000thousand]

I would really love it if u add a quiz sort of item at the end so you can test yourself how much you have learnt, would be awesome for all the tests I have at the moment

[@antivanti]

I would like to add one very important clue that our brains use to perceive depth and that is parallax. Objects closer to you are affected more by the movement of your head than those farther away. Even the pretty much constant very small motions of your head contribute to the depth perception greatly. I also believe this is the reason owls bob their heads but I'm not 100% on that one. Parallax is actually more important than stereoscopy for depth perception which is one of the biggest problems with 3D movies because prerecorded video cannot change with your motions.

[@EmperorTikacuti]

Its not the brains what helped us. Its the eyes.

[@antivanti]

DW42536387384 Your eyes do not sense depth. Depth is perceived by the brain when it interprets these visual clues.

[@ZacharyElmblad]

The first mammal I saw was a dolphin, but then Hank said bunny and my mind was blown.

[@mcsquared28]

I don't have time for these ads, I GOTTA AT LEAST PASS

[@alyssav2346]

This is my favorite crash course so far. Loving it.

[@TKO_CEY]

that intro got me like LIKE

[@kendradumont4327]

your videos are honestly amazing, I'm in university and they still help a tremendous amount!

[@james0christine89]

God i love this series. Please keep it up

[@Smashingpunkkid]

This is definitely one of my favorite CC Psych videos so far :)

[@RavenJay]

AAAHHHH what happened to Hanks face?!?!

[@Magikarp_With_Dragonrage]

I have now figured out when hank is ending a lesson by studying his speech patterns over tens of videos. His words get more deliberate and articulated as his pauses between sentences shrinks ever shorter(even though it is usually quite short in the first place).

[@mollyd]

at 1:56 i saw neither a duck nor a bunny, but i immediately thought that it was some sort of species of dolphin or porpoise. i do see how it could be a bunny or a bird, but neither of those were what i first thought of.

[@wallstreetmonky6797]

If you close your eyes... you'll see the people who actually care. jk

[@lppunto]

Watched this after reading Godel, Escher, Bach- made so much more sense!

[@davidramziz3200]

the eye thing upside down withought the glasses freaked me the fuck out.

[@akaSnockis]

It's called the "Thatcher effect". :)

[@davidramziz3200]

well its creepy as all hell :D

[@srosev]

david ramziz IKR it scared me at first

[@MrPieman00]

"If you perceive if, and you believe it, you can achieve it" - Watkin Tudor Jones

[@agentvissen3863]

1:10 That is terrifying. >.

[@NiftyFingers]

I was not ready for it. Even though I know about the illusion it still took me off guard.

[@Longclaw959]

these videos have helped me I so many classes in college I plan on using them in my future history class as a teacher so I just want to say thanks

[@thedonutqueen6454]

"--and Sherlock," YISSSSSSSSSSSSSS is what I thought.

[@AcidBiscuits]

You, guys, are education revolutioneers. Thank you!

[@MECKENICALROBOT]

loved this video :)

[@andreinamarquina7600]

i love everyone who did this... better than reading a book!!! thank you! just what i needed:D