186 | Translating Reality

Interpretation comes in several forms such as translating between languages, interpreting behavioral phenomena, and analyzing data. While we may believe we’re approaching any novel situation with a fresh set of eyes, our behavior in any situation is influenced by an endless history of similar circumstances. Looking at a set of data, be it COVID cases, the stock market, or a functional analysis, there are always contingencies in place that push us to see it in a particular way. Membership of a party, community, firm, etc can have a substantial influence on how we look at anything. <br /><br />Links for Today: <br /><br /><a href="https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/doi/pdfdirect/10.1901/jaba.2004.37-539" rel="noopener">https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/doi/pdfdirect/10.1901/jaba.2004.37-539</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/thoughts-and-feelings/201912/how-do-we-interpret-ambiguous-social-events" rel="noopener">https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/thoughts-and-feelings/201912/how-do-we-interpret-ambiguous-social-events</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/trump-baselessly-suggests-covid-19-deaths-inflated-for-profit/" rel="noopener">https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/trump-baselessly-suggests-covid-19-deaths-inflated-for-profit/</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-brain-and-value/202008/psychology-the-left-hemisphere-the-brains-interpreter" rel="noopener">https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-brain-and-value/202008/psychology-the-left-hemisphere-the-brains-interpreter</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10520609/" rel="noopener">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10520609/</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://bsci21.org/how-to-talk-aba-to-the-rest-of-the-world/" rel="noopener">https://bsci21.org/how-to-talk-aba-to-the-rest-of-the-world/</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.marketplace.org/2019/09/30/the-stock-market-is-not-the-economy/" rel="noopener">https://www.marketp