Sentence examples for we were predisposed to from inspiring English sources

So when our water glasses weren't refilled as quickly as we needed — especially given the spicy food — we were predisposed to grumble.

"We are predisposed to see the social landscape in terms of gender," says Spelke.

We are predisposed to say yes, even if we know it isn't right.

We are predisposed to heed the rhythms and pitch of people talking and noises that might indicate threat.

We are predisposed to recognize "human artifacture," he said, and roundness can be a mark of our handiwork.

We are predisposed to talking about ideas and politics; we have a lot of words for doing so.

Also: At NPR's 13.7 blog, Alva Noë tries to explain why we're predisposed to cough at concerts.

It postulates (in short) that since we as a species developed for 2M years, we are predisposed to eat foods that were avail for that period of time.

When people arrived in the surgery complaining of pain or insomnia "we are predisposed to believe what people tell us", he said.

We humans are often blind to anything that challenges our preconceived notions: we are predisposed to see what we already believe to be true based on a "remembered past".

The fact is that, with horses as with everything else, we see what we are predisposed to see, and then we mould them, consciously and unconsciously, to fit in with our predispositions.