After watching a scary television movie, Julie perceived the noise of the wind rattling her front windows as the sound of a burglar breaking into her house. Her mistaken interpretation best illustrates the influence of:

a. Student Answer: visual capture

b. perceptual set

c. bottom-up processing

d. perceptual adaptation

B). Perceptual set.

Explanation:

'Perceptual set' is demonstrated as the predisposition or tendency to perceive things in a specific way. Such a tendency evokes a response or interpretation that is shaped by prior information and expectations.

In the given example, Julie's mistaken interpretation exemplifies the effect of 'perceptual set' as the prior experience and expectation after 'watching a horror film' led her to perceive the 'noise of the wind' as 'the sound of a burglar who breaks into her house'. Therefore, her perception of the noise in a specific manner is influenced by her expectations to experience something dreary ('after watching the scary movie'). Thus, option B is the correct answer.

b. perceptual set

Explanation:

A perceptual set may be defined as the predisposition of an individual to perceive things in a particular way. In such situations, we generally tends to notice only a certain aspects of the situation or an object while misinterpreting and ignoring the other details.

In the context, Julie after seeing a scary movie heard the noise of wind rattling on her windows and she perceived it to be a burglar entering her house. Thus this illustrates the affect of perceptual set on Julie.