You enter a class and sit by a student, who tells you that Dr.Martin is hard and boring and does not care whether the students learn or not.At the end of the lecture, a friend asks you about Dr.Martin's class, and you tell her that a student you met before class was "certainly right" about Dr.Martin.His lecture was boring, and he does not care about his students.Your friend replies that he was the "best professor" she ever had, that he graded fairly, told interesting stories, and was always willing to help the students after class.Your original view of the teacher was due to
A)a perceptual set.
B)precognition.
C)bottom-up processing.
D)perceptual habituation.

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A perceptual set refers to a predisposition to perceive something in a particular way based on one's own expectations or prior experiences. In this scenario, the initial negative perception of Dr. Martin was likely influenced by the student's preconceived notions or prior experiences with difficult or unengaged professors. This perception was then confirmed through confirmation bias, as the student looked for evidence to support their initial belief, while ignoring any evidence to the contrary. However, once the friend shared their positive experiences with Dr. Martin, this challenged the original perceptual set, leading the student to reevaluate their initial perception.

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