Chapter 242：

Zhang Yan smiled slightly when she heard the words. She originally thought Chen Yi would ask something similar: what kind of cognition is the correct cognition. Unexpectedly, what Chen Yi asked was: how to know that his cognition is objective and how to maintain objective cognition.

The two seem to be similar, but in fact the difference is not a little bit. The first is to ask about the result. If Chen Yi really asked, then Zhang Yan only needs to say something such as: to see the origin of things, to find the underlying logic of the development of things. Such an answer is fine.

But now Chen Yi asked about the method, especially how Zhang Yan did it, and he needed some examples. This can't just be a general answer. You need to tell the truth and tell the truth.

Although Zhang Yan didn't care about telling Chen Yi these things, she was not a person who cherished herself. But I did not expect Chen Yi to ask questions so much gold.

Since Chen Yi is a good seedling, and there is still some time now, Zhang Yan intends to simply say a few words to Chen Yi, ponder for a moment, organize the language, and then speak... Zhang Yan said: "You know Do you know how it came about?"

Chen Yi said with a dazed expression: "How does cognition come about? Isn't cognition just a point of view or opinion? If you recognize it, you will have it."

Zhang Yan shook her head, looked at her watch, it was still early. I found a chair and sat down beside Chen Yi and said, "You are right, then do you know why there are misunderstandings in cognition?"

Chen Yi shook his head, he is now more confused.

Zhang Yandao: "Our behavior comes from our cognition. Everyone is doing what he thinks is correct, even the most vicious criminals. In their view, their actions were correct. It is compelling. It is the lesser of the two evils. In their perception, the weight of the law, rules, or others is far below themselves, although afterwards, in another environment and another mentality, they may suffer Calm down and rethink and get different results. But at the time, in their perceptions, they thought they were doing the right thing. Every one of us was like this. Some people cheated on exams. At the time, they thought that the benefits of cheating were greater than Disadvantageously, each of us is doing what we think is right all the time. Do you understand what I say?"

Chen Yi nodded thoughtfully to express his understanding. Chen Yi frowned and repeatedly thought about what Zhang Yan said. He understood what Zhang Yan said, but he always felt that he only understood the surface and did not understand the meaning of the words.

Seeing Chen Yi nodding, Zhang Yan continued: "Our cognition can be divided into two perspectives. They are the cognition of the self and the cognition of the outside world. Let's talk about the cognition of the self first."

Zhang Yan opened the cup in her hand and took a sip to moisturize her throat. Continued: "What do you think comes from people’s self-cognition? Does it really come from self-recognition? It’s not, but from what we think of others’ cognition of us. This sentence may be a little bit It’s a bit of a brain-burning. Let’s take an example, what is the source of my perception of my performance in the company? What is it usually derived from? Is it my own perception of myself? Or is it derived from what I think others perceive of me? Knowing and evaluating? Think about it carefully, is it the latter?"

Chen Yi frowned and thought for a while: "Sister Yan, isn't it? It's the former. I have my own evaluation of my performance in the company, and I may seek other people's opinions or suggestions, but in the final analysis it is my own. Evaluation, because of this, many employees feel that the boss's salary is low or the salary is low and they resign."

Zhang Yan smiled: "Then I ask you, on what basis do you judge or evaluate your own performance and your work? What is the standard of this perception or evaluation? Have you thought about it carefully?"

Chen Yi replied casually: "Of course it is a common situation. If everyone writes one research report a week on average, and I write two copies a week, my performance is better than others without affecting the quality. "

Just after speaking, Chen Yi's pupils shrank, he was shocked by his own words, what did he just say? The general situation? So how did the general situation arise? Isn’t it what everyone or others recognize or think?

Zhang Yan smiled: "It seems that you have thought of it. This involves the second category of cognition, the cognition of the outside world. Our society has a mainstream culture, and sociologists call them the main culture, which is very good. Understand right. These main cultures have been accumulated over the years, formed by social development and evolution, and passed down. For example, as a Chinese, descendants of Yan and Huang, what do you feel when you see red? What do you think of?"

Chen Yi didn't know what Zhang Yan wanted to express, but still replied: "Red makes me feel very warm, festive and happy."

Zhang Yan went on to say: "Did you think of fire, the red carpets of major celebrations, the rainbow bridge at the entrance of the wedding, the red firecrackers and spring festival couplets, and the happy scenes of every family during the Spring Festival, so I feel warm , Festive, happy?"

Chen Yi nodded.

Zhang Yan said: "In the past few years, there have been more contacts between China and foreign countries. This situation is relatively rare. In the early years, when Westerners saw red, do you know what they would think of? They would think of blood, raw meat with blood, Bloodshot steaks and some tragic crime scenes. So why is the same red, giving people a different feeling? The red company has no meaning, it is a color, just like other colors, but because of our life, culture, and customs After many years of development, accumulation, and precipitation, a culture has been formed, giving red a unique meaning."

Chen Yi nodded thoughtfully, as if he knew what Zhang Yan was going to say, as if he had found the source of everything in his thousands of thoughts.

Zhang Yan continued: "One color is like this, and so are many other things, such as the word "love". This word is endowed with more meanings and sentiments. Many things in life are like this. , And there are big or small differences in these in each culture. This is the so-called cultural conflict."

Chen Yi listened very carefully.

Zhang Yan took a sip of water.” And as a person, as a person living in a group, in a culture or in a multi-cultural interweaving, our cognition of external things is unknowingly influenced by these cultures. Influence, for example, when we just talked about self-awareness, you mentioned our cognition of self. The self-evaluation standard usually comes from the common judgment standard of the public.

Although this situation will make us better integrate into the collective, but at the same time, we will be unconsciously biased because we are in it, which is the so-called "being only in this mountain". The so-called objective cognition is to jump out and look at the world from the perspective of a third party. Not being affected by the deep environment, it is not the "butt determines the head" as we often say, and it will not change my opinion because of where I am.

Empathy means to consider the problem from the perspective of others. It is to take into account multiple perspectives instead of disregarding one’s original perspective. Just like at the beginning, everyone did everything he saw at the time. correct. If you can think deeply from a variety of angles, it is also a manifestation of objective cognition.

Of course, it would be better if you can integrate into the influence of the other party’s culture when thinking about empathy. Therefore, the method of objective cognition lies in being objective, and knowing the source of interference can eliminate all interference. If you can’t completely stay out of the situation, then integrate yourself as much as possible. Empathy is a good way. It is better to bring yourself into the environment, culture, state and mood of the character when thinking in empathy. To understand each other, and to understand more people from more angles, you can have a more comprehensive understanding of the nature and truth of things. I don’t know if you can understand me.

Chen Yi thoughtfully said: "I understand some, but it is still a bit difficult to digest completely. I slowly ponder it. Thank you Sister Yan."

Zhang Yan smiled slightly: "If you tell me that you understand everything, I won't believe it. Look, if you have the courage to confess your true situation, you are very objective. Okay, time is running out, the market is about to open. I won’t talk to you for now.” After speaking, he got up and walked to his place.

"Thank you Sister Yan." Chen Yi said.