Lawn dart effect in psychology

 

The lawn dart effect is a finding that pilots flying level and accelerating more than 1 standard gravity perceive they are rising and compensate by steering downward, which looks like a lawn dart.

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Rashomon effect in psychology

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The Rashomon effect is a term for the observation that eyewitnesses provide different accounts of the same event.

The effect is named after the crime drama Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950) in which four witnesses describe a murder in different ways.

Levin et al. (2021) consider a remedy for the Rashomon effect. Perhaps an application of their findings beyond their focus would be as follows:

Recognize that there are many different ways to see the world,

Accept that people have different ways of knowing things,

Make sure everyone is included in a decision process

Reference

Phillip S Levin, Steven A Gray, Christian Möllmann, Adrian C Stier, Perception and Conflict in Conservation: The Rashomon Effect, BioScience, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 64–72, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa117

Geoffrey W. Sutton, PhD is Emeritus Professor of Psychology. He retired from a clinical practice and was credentialed in clinical neuropsychology and psychopharmacology. His website is  www.suttong.com

 

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Kappa effect in psychology

 The kappa effect refers to a finding that people misperceive the duration of a stimulus when two different stimuli of different sizes are presented for the same duration.

A large visual stimulus appears to be present for a longer period of time compared to a smaller stimulus even though both are presented for the same duration.

Geoffrey W. Sutton, PhD is Emeritus Professor of Psychology. He retired from a clinical practice and was credentialed in clinical neuropsychology and psychopharmacology. His website is  www.suttong.com

 

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Purkinge effect in psychology

 The Purkinje effect is a biopsychological phenomenon characterized by a change in colour perception from daylight to dim lighted settings. In low light conditions, humans perceive more blues and greens than other colors.

The effect is also called the Purkinje Shift and Dark Adaptation.

Geoffrey W. Sutton, PhD is Emeritus Professor of Psychology. He retired from a clinical practice and was credentialed in clinical neuropsychology and psychopharmacology. His website is  www.suttong.com

 

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