AP PSYCHOLOGY

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

BASIC CONCEPTS OF SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What factors may lead to someone forming a perceptual set or expectancy?
A
context, motivation, emotional state
B
internal factor like motivation and emotional state
C
situations, feelings, behaviours
D
context, motivation, emotional state, past experience, culture
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -There are many factors that influence perceptual sets such as motivations, culture, past experiences, peers, and beliefs and expectations. This process of determining which information should be retained and which can be omitted is referred to as a perceptual screen.

Detailed explanation-2: -In fact, emotions routinely affect how and what we see. Fear, for example, can affect low-level visual processes, sad moods can alter susceptibility to visual illusions, and goal-directed desires can change the apparent size of goal-relevant objects.

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