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makvit [3.9K]
3 years ago
8

What do we call a mental predisposition that influences our interpretation of a stimulus?

Social Studies
1 answer:
Andrews [41]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Perceptual set  

Explanation:

Perceptual set: perceptual set is the phenomena that describe a tendency to notice the presented sensory data or objects and ignore others.  

The perceptual set work on two concepts:  

  • The perceive has some expectation that there is some stimulus and pay attention to these to these perceptual data.  
  • The second one in which the perceive knows what the name to be given to the data or an object. What are inferences drawn from the data?  

The perceptual set has the number of factors that influence perceptual set:

  • Motivation
  • Emotions
  • Culture
  • Expectation
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