Farah grew up in an area where most buildings are round huts. She is less likely to be fooled by the Müller-Lyer illusion than someone who grew up in a city full of buildings with straight edges and right-angled corners.
Which factor affecting perceptual set is shown in this example?
Motivation
Emotion
Expectation
Culture
52 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Psychology 8.1 Perception, covering 8.1.1 Depth cues, illusions and constancies, 8.1.2 Direct Theory of Perception (Gibson, 1996), 8.1.3 Constructivist Theory of Perception (Gregory, 1970), and 8.1.4 Effects on perceptual set. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.