11.2 Perception Part2

Question 1

What is signal detection theory?

Answer 1

theory that attempts to predict how and when someone will detect the presence of a given sensory stimulus amidst all of the other sensory stimuli in the background

Question 2

What are the four possible outcomes of signal detection theory?

Answer 2

hit
miss
false alarm
correct rejection

Question 3

What is Gestalt psychology?

Answer 3

a theory that the brain processes information in a holistic manner

Question 4

What is emergence in relation to visual perception?

Answer 4

when attempting to identify an object, we first identify its outline which then allows us to figure out what the object is

Question 5

What is mutlistability in relation to visual perception?

Answer 5

tendency of ambiguous images to pop back and forth unstably between alternative interpretations in our brains

Question 6

What is the law of proximity?

Answer 6

suggests that things that are near each other seem to be grouped together

Question 7

What is the law of continuity?

Answer 7

suggests that we perceive smooth, continuous lines and forms rather than disjointed ones

Question 8

What is the law of closure?

Answer 8

predicts that we will perceive things as a complete logical entity because our brains will fill in the gaps of information

Question 9

What is the law of common fate?

Answer 9

predicts that objects moving in the same direction or more in synchrony are perceived as a group or unit

Question 10

What is the law of connectedness?

Answer 10

predicts that things that are joined or linked or grouped are perceived as connected

Question 11

What is bottom-up processing?

Answer 11

sensory processing that beings with sensory receptors and works up to complex integration of information in the brain

Question 12

What is top-down processing?

Answer 12

type of information processing that occurs when the brain applies experience and expectations to interpret sensory information