This document discusses a YouTube video called the "Selective Attention Test" that demonstrates how people filter what they observe based on preexisting expectations. It notes that the assignment prompted thinking about this concept. Specifically, it says that the exercise from the assignment made the author aware of limitations in their own observations, as there were things on the assignment list they did not notice, and it was difficult to observe aspects of places they already knew in certain ways. The key takeaway was realizing how limited observations can be due to self-created filters that are not always recognized.

2. MAYBE YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS ONE?
Doing assignment 2 made me think of a YouTube video
that has been circulating for a while:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo
If the link does not work:
 Go to YouTube
 Search for “Selective Attention Test”
 It’s the video of 1:22 minutes

3. I observe my world the way I already decided it is.

4. WHAT DO I MEAN?
 We all filter the impulses we get
 What gets through our filter is “our observation”
 In other words: What I observe is determined by my
filter that’s already set up before I even make the
observation

5. WHAT HAS THE EXERCISE TO DO WITH THIS?
I got aware of the limitation in my observation through this
exercise. How?...
 There are many things on the list I would not even think of
to look at
 Some things I didn’t even see when I tried to look at them.
For example, when I went to a place I knew I found it hard
to make certain observations, like: “Does the store draw
you in? If so, how?” I had already decided to go there. I
could not observe anymore how the store drew me in or
not. I went in based on previous experiences, not on
observation.

6. MY TAKE AWAY
 Awareness of how limited my observation is
 A question:
“ How can I get beyond the limitations I create for myself
when I’m not even aware of these limitations?” (what
would the world look like when mirrors turn into
windows?)