Jamal has just watched a frightening horror film. On his way home in the dark, he sees a coat hanging on a garden gate and perceives it as a person waiting for him.
Explain how emotion has affected Jamal's perception.
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.