13. Perception and Key Figures

Question 1

as humans we have . . .

Answer 1

predictions to interpret things as wholes

Question 2

why we see things as a meaningful whole

Answer 2

Gestalt principles

Question 3

the organization of the visual field into objects that stands out (part of gestalt principles)

Answer 3

figure-ground

Question 4

the perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups based on continuity, proximity, and closure (part of gestalt principles)

Answer 4

grouping

Question 5

our 1. ________ can be impacted by what we think or see first, as well as the 2. _____ in which we receive stimulus

Answer 5

1. perception

2. context

Question 6

a mental disposition to see one thing over another

Answer 6

perceptual set

Question 7

stimulus can trigger diff. perceptions

Answer 7

context effects

Question 8

why do we misread some incorrect or misspelled words as correct in a sentence context

Answer 8

context effects

Question 9

who did the absolute threshold experiments –> light photons and sound wvaes

Answer 9

Gustas Fechner and Ernst Weber

Question 10

feature receptors and visual cortex research

Answer 10

David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel

Question 11

malfunctioning cones, rods, occipital lobe, or neural pathways

Answer 11

color blindness, blindness

Question 12

damage in the feature receptors

Answer 12

prosopagnosia

Question 13

hearing loss due to damage of the cochlear receptor (inner ear) cells or auditory nerves (nerve deafness)

Answer 13

sensorineural hearing loss

Question 14

damage due to mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the cochlea (middle ear- drum, hammer, etc)

Answer 14

conductive hearing loss