Observation

Observation has some inherent problems such as biased toward past experience, social and cultural conditioning, spatial familiarity, learning structures, language dependency, filtering, and self observation. Also observation is inhibited by biological constraints as well as optical illusions (Bandura, 163).

One example is when differences in past experience cause people to interpret the meaning of artwork differently. This aspect of observation allows artwork to be so subjective because every person has different past experiences. Although observation is a highly important way to gather and understand information, sometime it will act as a barrier that slants the viewers understanding away from truth. The term ...