Guest Lecturer: Linda Murphy-Boyer

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Guest Lecturer Linda Murphy-Boyer
Linda Murphy-Boyer is a former long-time member
of the PSY100 staff and is currently the Director
of the University of Toronto Resource Centre for
Academic Technology (RCAT).
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The Nature of Perception
Do we see the world the way it really is?

• Eidolon Theory (Democratus)
• Ray Gun Theory (Euclid)
• Naïve Realism
• Why the Theory of Naïve Realism is flawed
• Different individuals see the world differently
• The same person can see the world differently
• Experience affects perception
• Sometimes we see the world in a way it cannot be