Psychology: Subconscious Priming Effects on Behavior

Diamond shape and holding up three fingers

3 of diamonds

No one selected the 3 of diamonds

<p>They felt fully in control</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Weber's law is the principle that two stimuli must differ by a constant proportion to be perceived as different.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Subliminal perception refers to the detection of information below the level of conscious awareness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>James Vicary, an advertising executive, claimed to have increased sales through subliminal messaging.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Weber's law suggests that subtle changes in stimuli may not be noticed unless they reach a certain threshold of difference.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Subliminal priming refers to activating a particular concept or idea in memory so that a person is affected by that concept, even without being aware that it has been presented.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Priming in psychology helps researchers study how stimuli presented outside of awareness can affect behavior by activating specific concepts or ideas in memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The conscious threshold is the level at which information is presented below the awareness of an individual but can still influence behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Experimenters used conversational gestures to prime participants to pick the 3 of diamonds by creating a diamond shape with their hands and suggesting this card subtly.</p> Signup and view all the answers