Outlook, hence, is an abstract concept. It is all about the mind, and never about the eyes. Like an attitude, on which we base the meaning of our perceptions. Somewhat like a brain that receives light signals and breaks them up into color and perceives color. Likewise, we perceive intentions, actions, emotions, and ideas based on the emotional receptor mechanisms in our mind. These seem complex but they are thought filters through which we see the world. These are called biases.
What a bias really is
We are all familiar with partiality, right? Have you noticed how you sometimes blindly accept some people, follow what they say, and obey them unconditionally? And on the other hand, you immediately and instinctively reject others, even though they may be making the right suggestions for you? Bias is the reason for this. Biases are pre-judgments and they’re very automatic. Because we have biases, we see things from a subjective point of view and make it about us and our viewpoint. This way we lose the context of reality. A common example here could be some negative behavior like not studying, for instance. Parents would say you should, but some of your peers insist that you could just play some online games or go for a movie together instead. And you most likely follow your friends. You are biased towards believing that your friends are right and parents, probably wrong.
Automatic nature of biases
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