Describe the Procedures Used by Proffit and Colleagues to Demonstrate

question 65

Essay

Describe the procedures used by Proffit and colleagues to demonstrate the effects of explicit awareness of goals on perceptual processes.

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Definitions:

Poverty

A state of economic deprivation, lacking sufficient income to meet basic needs such as food, shelter, and healthcare.

Policing

The activities of law enforcement or a specific organization tasked with maintaining order, enforcing the law, and preventing, detecting, and investigating criminal activities.

Sentencing

The act of assigning a punishment for a convicted offender by a judge in a court of law, based on the crime committed.

Medicalization

The process by which human conditions and problems come to be defined and treated as medical issues, often subject to medical study, diagnosis, and treatment.