After hearing that Bryce had served a prison sentence, Janet began to perceive his friendly behavior as insincere and manipulative. This best illustrates the impact of:

Answer:A. perceptual sets.

Explanation:A perceptual set is our way of completely neglecting other aspects whilst focusing only on other aspect of events or situations.

What Is a Perceptual Set?

We assume that what you see is what you get, however these perceptions may be mostly influenced our past experiences, beliefs, emotions, motivations and expectations and maybe even your culture.

Perceptual set causes us to have a one sided view.

Bryce has been in jail and now Janet thinks of him as insincere and manipulate solely based on this one facts.