Mod 21

Question 1

What are perceptual sets?

Answer 1

A mental predisposition (a tendency towards a particular condition, quality or behavior) to perceive on thing and not another.

Question 2

Wha can change our perception?

Answer 2

1) What we hear
2) our expectations

Question 3

What are schemas?

Answer 3

Our ways of organizing and interpreting info

Question 4

What does context do?

Answer 4

It creates expectations that top-down influences perception.

Question 5

What does motivation do?

Answer 5

It gives us energy as we work towards a goal ex) thirst can make water appear closer than what it is

Question 6

What does emotions do?

Answer 6

Shove our perceptions in one direction or another. Ex) when listening to sad music we make think of die when hearing the word dye

Question 7

What is Extrasensory Perception?

Answer 7

A controversial claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input; includes stuff like telepathy etc.

Question 8

What is parapsychology?

Answer 8

The study of paranormal phenomena; includes psychokinesis

Question 9

Which principle explains being able to understand music played backwards because someone told us?

Answer 9

Perceptual set

Question 10

If we tell someone to put on a suit, they know to put it on because of…?

Answer 10

Context

Question 11

Someone can read the minds of people, wat power is this?

Answer 11

Telepathy