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6. What is a perceptual set?

  • The tendency to notice some things more than others.
  • When a participant is given a story to remember
  • When a piece of information is passed from one person to another

7. What were the three objects used?

  • Drum, toaster and loaf of bread
  • Drum, mailbox and loaf of bread
  • Drum, mailbox and toaster
  • Toaster, mailbox and loaf of bread

8. Strengths of the study

  • Instructions, inaccurate data did not affect results and time taken to remember each object the same.
  • Done many times and other stories were used.
  • Control group used, lots of evidence and findings supported by recent evidence

9. Did participants identify more objects after seeing an appropriate or inappropriate context?

  • Appropriate context
  • Inappropriate context

10. What did Palmer want to find out?

  • Whether context affects perception.
  • How much information changes with each reproduction
  • Whether words shown with pictures would affect the way the picture was remembered