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Psychology Paper 1
Perception
Gilchrist and Nesburg's study on motivation on perception
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How can motivation affect perception?
Increases
attractiveness
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What did Gilchrist and Nesberg aim to find out?
Food deprivation affects
perception
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How many groups of students were in the Gilchrist and Nesberg study?
Two
groups
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What was the main difference between the two groups in the Gilchrist and Nesberg study?
One deprived of food
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How long was the food deprivation period in the Gilchrist and Nesberg study?
20 hours
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What was shown on the slides to participants in the Gilchrist and Nesberg study?
A
meal
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For how long was each slide displayed initially in the Gilchrist and Nesberg study?
15 seconds
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What did participants have to adjust in the Gilchrist and Nesberg study?
The
lighting
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What did the participants perceive as brighter when food deprived in Gilchrist's study?
The
food
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What did Gilchrist and Nesberg conclude about hunger?
Increased
perceptual sensitivity
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According to Gilchrist and Nesberg, what type of factor is hunger?
A
motivating factor
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How does Gilchrist and Nesberg's conclusion relate to perception?
Affects the way
perceived
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What strengthens the validity of Gilchrist and Nesberg's results?
Similar
studies
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In Sanford's study, what were participants shown?
Ambiguous
pictures
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In Sanford's study, what were food-deprived participants more likely to see?
Food
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What is a key ethical issue with studies like Gilchrist and Nesberg's?
Depriving
participants
of food
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Why is depriving participants of food considered an ethical problem?
Causes
discomfort
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How might Gilchrist and Nesberg's study lack ecological validity?
Not like
everyday life
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Why does judging pictures of food reduce the real-world application of the study?
Harder to apply the
results
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What is 'expectation' defined as in the context of perceptual set?
Belief
about
what
is
likely
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