If You Are Led to Perceive in a Certain Way

question 105

Multiple Choice

If you are led to perceive in a certain way due to past experience, motives, context, or suggestion, then you are experiencing which of the following?

• A) perceptual set
• B) cognitive threshold
• C) perceptual orientation
• D) sensory bias

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Definitions:

Sounds of Language

The auditory elements used in speech, including phonemes, tones, and intonation, which contribute to linguistic communication.

Anthropologists

Researchers focused on analyzing the development, cultures, and societal structures of humans.

Language

A system of communication using symbolic sounds, gestures, or marks that are put together according to certain rules, resulting in meanings that are intelligible to all who share that language.

Descriptive Linguists

Specialists in linguistics who focus on documenting and describing how languages are actually used by speakers.