Gary Peterson writes on 3 Nov 99,:
> For advanced classes, this phenomenon might make for useful
> discussion/detective work regarding the role of psychology, culture, and
> social psychology in the kinds of attributions and beliefs resulting from
> feeling yourself (correctly or not) the object of others' eyes. If you
> try this, let me know how it works as I won't be teaching General Psych
> for a while. Gary Peterson
Or for a course in Research Methods, you could do a direct test of the hypothesis.
Have volunteers determine when they think someone is looking at them and when they
are not and match that up with when someone actually is looking. This could lead into
all kinds of interesting methodological discussions.
Rick
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