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Describe one result from Gilchrist and Nesberg’s study into the effects of motivation on perception.
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Factors Affecting Perception (AQA GCSE Psychology): Exam Questions
Exam code: 8182
27 mins8 questions
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Outline one strength and one weakness of Gilchrist and Nesberg’s study into the effects of motivation on perception.
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Read the following article.
In a study investigating perceptual set, 40 participants were asked to place their hand in a bucket of water for 10 seconds whilst listening to music. The temperature of the water was the same for each participant. They were asked to give a number between 1 and 50 to report how warm they thought the water was. A score of 1 meant the water felt extremely cold. A score of 50 meant that the water felt extremely hot. There were two conditions of the experiment. All participants completed both conditions. In Condition A, participants listened to a famous song that is associated with winter and Christmas. In Condition B, participants listened to a famous song that is associated with summer and the sunshine. |
Table 1 shows the frequency of reported temperature scores for Condition A. One of the scores is missing.
Table 1
Reported temperature score | Frequency |
|---|---|
1–5 | 6 |
6–10 | |
11–15 | 16 |
16–20 | 1 |
21–25 | 2 |
26–30 | 0 |
31–35 | 2 |
36–40 | 1 |
41–45 | 0 |
46–50 | 1 |
The researcher found that participants in Condition B reported the water felt warmer than participants in Condition A.
Using your knowledge of ‘perceptual set’, outline one conclusion that the researcher could make from these findings.
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Bruner and Minturn investigated the effect of expectation on perception.
Describe Bruner and Minturn’s study.
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Read the item and then answer the questions that follow.
 A researcher conducted a study into perception. In condition A, participants were shown a series of letters. Then they were asked to identify the image shown in Figure 4. In condition B, participants were shown a series of numbers. Then they were also asked to identify the image shown in Figure 4. The researcher recorded whether the image was identified as a number or a letter. |
Table 1: The percentage of participants who identified the image as a number or a letter
Condition A | Condition B | |
|---|---|---|
Image identified as a number | 27% | 82% |
Image identified as a letter | 73% | 18% |
Use your knowledge of factors affecting perception to draw a conclusion from the results shown in Table 1.
Explain your answer.
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Describe one result from Bruner and Minturn’s study into the effects of expectation on perception.
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4 marks
Outline one strength and one weakness of Bruner and Minturn’s study into the effects of expectation on perception
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You have been asked to investigate the effect of motivation on perception.
Explain how you would design an experiment to do this.
You need to include the following information in your answer:
what you would ask the participants to do and what data you would collect
the experimental design you would choose and why this would be suitable
the results you would expect to find from your experiment, including both conditions of the independent variable
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