While you are driving, you make an illegal lane change and see a flashing light behind you.You immediately think, "Ticket time" and prepare to pull over.But as the car behind you draws nearer, you see that is is just a car with a vivid turn signal.Your behavior regarding the flashing light illustrates
A) dishabituation.
B) a perceptual set.
C) reality testing.
D) precognition.

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The scenario describes a perceptual set, which is the tendency to interpret stimuli based on prior experiences, expectations, and context. The driver's past experiences with flashing lights behind them in a car likely contributed to their assumption that it was a police car with the intention to give them a ticket. However, upon seeing the vivid turn signal, they revised their interpretation of the stimulus.

While You Are Driving, You Make an Illegal Lane Change