Visual Common Sense

摘要: Pictures can tell us a lot, but not as much we tend to think they do. A ­particular common sense attitude toward pictures, naive realism, tends make people overconfident in their interpretations of visual evidence and less receptive alternative viewpoints, well entrench the effects other, first-order biases. Borrowing from anthropologist Clifford Geertz’s classic analysis sense, I begin by describing realism about pictures exemplar offer an example it judicial decision making. then explain its psychological bases various implications for legal judgment. First, is special instance generally, fundamental familiar phenomenon cognitive social psychology. Second, claim that ­pictures results inattention context subjectivity, yielding assurance our understandings are correct alternatives needn’t be taken seriously, congruent with causes overconfidence generally. Third, literature on processing fluency provides further support seeing would generate beliefs judgments associated evidence, especially realists. conclude arguing even age Photoshop YouTube, when ought increasingly sophisticated culture, remains psychologically powerful default, therefore great significance