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Module 21
UNIT 3 Influences on Perception
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Perceptual Set | A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another. |
| Extrasensory Perception (ESP) | The controversial claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input; includes telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition. |
| Telepathy | Mind-to-mind communication. |
| Clairvoyance | perceiving remote events, such as a house on fire in another state. |
| Precognition | Perceiving future events, such as an unexpected death in the next month. |
| Parapsychology | the study of paranormal phenomena, including ESP and psychokinesis. |
| Psychokinesis | Mind moving matter. |