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set (psy·chol·o·gy)

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  1. Set (psychology)

    In psychology, a set is a group of expectations that shape experience by making people especially sensitive to specific kinds of information. A perceptual set, also called perceptual expectancy, is a predisposition to perceive things in a certain way. Perceptual sets occur in all the different senses. They can be long term, such as a special sensitivity to hearing one's own name in a crowded room, or short term, as in the ease with which hungry people notice the smell of food. A mental set is a framework for thinking about a problem. It can be shaped by habit or by desire. Mental sets can make it easy to solve a class of problem, but attachment to the wrong mental set can inhibit problem-solving and creativity.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Set (Psychology)

    Readiness to think or respond in a predetermined way when confronted with a problem or stimulus situation.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of set (psychology) in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of set (psychology) in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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