UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY AREA OF STUDY 1: WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ACTIVITY PERCEPTUAL SET EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ACTIVITY CAUSE EFFECT Hypothesis Independent Variable Dependent Variable GRIVAS – pg.131-132

RAT/MAN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ACTIVITY PERCEPTUAL SET RAT/MAN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ACTIVITY GRIVAS – pg.131-132

PERCEPTUAL SET LOOK CLOSELY AT THIS IMAGE OF A SEAL TRAINER, TRAINING A SEAL TO BALANCE A BALL ON ITS NOSE GRIVAS – pg.124-125

PERCEPTUAL SET LOOK CLOSELY AT THIS IMAGE OF A MAN HOLDING HIS LADY’S HAND AS HE ENTERS THE COSTUME PARTY GRIVAS – pg.124-125

PERCEPTUAL SET Perceptual set = the predisposition or ‘readiness’ to perceive something in accordance with what we expect it to be GRIVAS – pg.125

PERCEPTUAL SET 5 factors influence perceptual set; Context Motivation Emotional State Past Experience Cultural Factors GRIVAS – pg.124-130

Refers to the setting or environment in which a perception is made PERCEPTUAL SET CONTEXT Refers to the setting or environment in which a perception is made GRIVAS – pg.127-128

PERCEPTUAL SET MOTIVATION Refers to the processes within us which activate behaviour that is directed towards achieving a particular goal GRIVAS – pg.129

PERCEPTUAL SET EMOTIONAL STATE How we are feeling can also influence the way in which we perceive visual information GRIVAS – pg.129

PERCEPTUAL SET PAST EXPERIENCE Refers to our personal experiences throughout our lives which leads to many individual differences in perception GRIVAS – pg.129-130

PERCEPTUAL SET CULTURAL FACTORS Experience with or in a particular culture can influence the way we process and interpret visual information GRIVAS – pg.130

HOMEWORK Learning Activity 3.25 (pg.130) RESEARCH METHODS