People are special. Person perception is quite different from rock perception , for example. Geologists, those with a rock in their shoe, and pet rock owners aside, the perception of a rock is often merely the perception of a collection of lines and surfaces. Yet people are not simply collections of
Situations matter ; they have an effect on us all, great or small. We are told we should walk a mile in someone else ’ s shoes, to “ look at it from my point of view, ” and would never dream of swearing in the principal ’ s office. So why are we so quick to judge others ’ behavior as if the
Peter was a student in his early twenties, and apart from several inconsequential trysts, had spent most of his life alone and indifferent to the world of love and romance. He had, in fact, become so accustomed to this lifestyle that he assumed this would be his fate, and had made peace with the