All of the Following Are Among the Factors Identified as Influencing

question 191

Multiple Choice

All of the following are among the factors identified as influencing person perception except:

• A) characteristics of the perceiver
• B) characteristics of the person being perceived
• C) the number of other people who are also observing the perceived
• D) the situation within which the perception takes place

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Definitions:

Sensory Register

The initial stage of memory, where sensory information is stored for a very brief period.

Distractor Studies

Research methods that involve using irrelevant stimuli or information to examine how attention is diverted or focused during a task.

Interference Theory

A theory explaining that forgetting occurs because memories interfere with and disrupt each other, either by a process of proactive or retroactive interference.

Decay Theory

A hypothesis in psychology that suggests the reason for forgetting is the automatic fading or weakening of the memory trace over time.