AP PSYCHOLOGY

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

VISION SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL PROCESSING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The predisposition, or ‘readiness’, to perceive something in accordance with what we expect it to be.
A
Perceptual tendancies
B
Perceptual set
C
Perceptual illusions
D
Perceptual constancies
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -’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-2: -A perceptual set (also called perceptual expectancy or simply set) is a predisposition to perceive things in a certain way. It is an example of how perception can be shaped by “top-down” processes such as drives and expectations. Perceptual sets occur in all the different senses.

Detailed explanation-3: -Perceptual set refers to the influence of cognitive and motivational state on perception. For example, psychological experiments demonstrate that an expected stimulus is perceived at a lower threshold than an unexpected stimulus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Perceptual set. A perceptual set is the readiness to interpret a stimulus in a certain way.

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