Perception, Illusions, and Evaluating Reliability

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``` UNIT 7 Mind Over Matter PREVIEW • Subtopic: The Illusion Game A. FRAME YOUR IDEAS Play the Illusion Game with a partner. Look at each image carefully for at least a minute. Do you both see the same thing? The ILLUSION GAME An illusion is something likely to be wrongly interpreted. Write an explanation of what the eye sees in each picture. Then compare your explanations with the ones below. What do you see? What do you see? What do you see? What do you see? B. DISCUSSION What other things are we likely to misinterpret visually? What might cause us to misinterpret them? COMMUNICATION GOALS 1. Support that someone is being paranoid 2. Reassure someone’s perspective 3. Talk about the source of suspicion 4. Discuss pictures ENGLISH FOR TODAY’S WORLD Seeing is believing? A security guard or scientist might be more reliable. SPOTLIGHT Read and listen to a conversation between two colleagues. Notice the spotlighted language. Vicky: Tom, do you have a minute? Tom: Sure, Vicky. Come on in and have a seat. What’s on your mind? Vicky: I know I may be imagining things, but I have the distinct impression that my staff’s been talking about me behind my back. I don’t want to know about it. Tom...