The tendency to perceive a moving light in the night sky as belonging to an airplane rather than a weather balloon best illustrates the impact of

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Perceptual set refers to a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another. In this example, the set of expectations and assumptions that people have about what they might expect to see in the night sky might bias them towards interpreting a moving light as an airplane rather than a weather balloon.

The Tendency to Perceive a Moving Light in the Night