Which of the following is not a personal factor in perceptual selectivity?
Correct answer: C. size
- A. motivation
- B. past experience
- C. size
- D. expectation
Explanation
Motivation, past experience, and expectation are personal factors because they arise from the observer. Size is a stimulus factor, since it is a physical characteristic of the object that attracts attention.
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