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Mod 21
Influences on perception
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Perceptual set | A set of mental tendencies and assumptions that affects top-down, what we hear/feel/taste |
| Determines Perceptual set | Through experiences/ Concepts/ Organize/ interprets unfamiliar information |
| Context | Affects interpretation by where we stand in the situation or what side we are on |
| Context example | When your driving you hate pedestrians/ When your walking you hate drivers |
| Motivations | Affects interpretation because it gives us energy toward a goal and it can bias our interpretations of neural stimuli |
| Motivation examples | Desirable objects - Water bottles viewed by a thirsty person seems closer than they are. This perceptual bias energizes going for it |
| Emotion | Affects our interpretation because emotions can push our perceptions in one direction or another |
| Emotions Example | When angry, people more often perceive neutral objects as guns |
| Extrasensory perception | It claims that perception can occur apart from sensory input. Are there people who can read minds? See through walls? Or foretell the future? Nearly half of Americans think there are. |
| Parapsychology | Researchers perform scientific experiments searching for possible (ESP) phenomena |