AP PSYCHOLOGY

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

INFLUENCES ON PERCEPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What term refers to a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another?
A
Perceptual Set
B
Selection Attention
C
Signal Detection Theory
D
Weber’s Law
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What is perceptual set? The perceptual set definition is “a predisposition to perceive or notice some aspects of the available sensory data and ignore others.” In other words, it’s a cognitive bias that affects the way people interpret things based on their expectations and past experiences.

Detailed explanation-2: -Perceptual Set: A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mental sets: Psychological sets that rely on familiar ways of solving problems. Perceptual sets: Psychological sets that rely on familiar ways of perceiving stimuli.

Detailed explanation-4: -’A perceptual bias or predisposition or readiness to perceive particular features of a stimulus. ‘ Perceptual set is a tendency to perceive or notice some aspects of the available sensory data and ignore others.

Detailed explanation-5: -A perceptual set, also called perceptual expectancy, is a predisposition to perceive things in a certain way.

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