Which of the Following Statements About Perception and Perceptual Filters

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about perception and perceptual filters is true?

• A) People pay attention to similar things.
• B) People organize and interpret what they pay attention to similarly.
• C) People remember things similarly.
• D) People are unaffected by differences in stimuli.
• E) People perceive according to personality-, psychology-, and experience-based filters.

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Definitions:

Self-serving Bias

A common tendency for individuals to attribute their successes to internal factors while blaming external factors for their failures, which can affect self-assessment and behavior.

Attribution

The process of explaining events.

Causal Explanations

Attempts to reveal the reasons or causes behind events, behaviors, or conditions.

Halo Effect

A cognitive bias where an observer's overall impression of a person, brand, or product positively influences their feelings and thoughts about that entity's specific traits.