Have you ever been lying in the grass looking up at the clouds with a sweetheart? If they tell you that they see a shape in the clouds,and you immediately perceive that shape even though you had not seen it a moment earlier,your perception has been impacted by a ___________.
A) Ponzo set
B) bottom-up set
C) endogenous set
D) perceptual set

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A perceptual set is a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another. In this scenario, the lover's statement about seeing a particular shape in the clouds has impacted the other person's perception, causing them to also see the same shape. This is an example of a perceptual set being influenced by external factors. The other answer options do not accurately describe the situation in the scenario.

Have You Ever Been Lying in the Grass Looking Up