Subliminal Perception Refers to

question 186

Multiple Choice

Subliminal perception refers to

• A)the process of seeing or hearing messages without being aware of them.
• B)a person's innate ability to read non-verbal cues such as body language and facial expressions.
• C)the ability of a person to understand the allegorical meanings behind words,sentences,or paragraphs communicated in writing or speech.
• D)the process of being brainwashed to the point of acting in a way that is contrary to or inconsistent with ones normal behavior.
• E)the inability of a person to fully understand what is being said through a lack of background knowledge or experience.

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Definitions:

Self-Serving Bias

A cognitive bias that involves taking personal credit for success while blaming external factors for failures.

Bystander Effect

A social psychological phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present.

Actor-Observer Effect

The tendency to attribute one's own actions to external factors, while attributing others' actions to their personality.

Primacy Effect

The psychological phenomenon whereby the first items presented in a list are remembered more easily than those in the middle.