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8.1 Perception

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Question 22

A hungry participant identifies a blurred picture of food more quickly than a blurred picture of a tool.

Explain how motivation can create a perceptual set and one reason why this finding may not show that motivation alone affected perception.

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8.1 Perception Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /8.1 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.

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