Question

cognitive psychologist dr. leary designed a study to investigate perception. they asked the participants in group 1 to read a story about a rabbit and a turtle. participants in group 2 did not read the story. next, participants looked at a series of ambiguous drawings and identified what they saw. their observations were recorded and categorized. the results are depicted in the graph. graph: participant observations by group, with categories animals, miscellaneous objects, faces, other (not specified) for group 1 and group 2 4 mark for review which of the following concepts best applies to the results of group 1? a self - fulfilling prophecy b belief perseverance c priming d inattentional blindness

Explanation:

In this study, Group 1 read a story about a rabbit and a turtle (animals), and when identifying ambiguous drawings, they likely had more animal - related perceptions due to priming. Priming is the activation of certain associations in memory, which influences perception. Group 1 was primed with animal - related content (rabbit, turtle), so their perception of the drawings was influenced to see more animals (or related categories) compared to Group 2. Self - fulfilling prophecy involves a belief leading to behavior that makes the belief come true, which is not the case here. Belief perseverance is maintaining a belief despite contrary evidence, not relevant. Inattentional blindness is not seeing something when focused elsewhere, also not relevant. So priming best explains Group 1's results.

Answer:

C. Priming