2-Perception

Question 1

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information

Answer 1

Perception

Question 2

What is the Gestalt school of thought?

Answer 2

A school of psychology that sees the brain is holistic–it is a system that cannot be understood by looking at individual parts. Gestalt psychologists believe that our brain is a master of organizing small pieces to create one whole, meaningful picture of reality.

Question 3

The illusion of movement from still images that change

Answer 3

Phi phenomenon

Question 4

Name three Gestalt principles of organization.

Answer 4

• Figure and ground (background vs object)
• Similarity (grouping similar things)
• Proximity (grouping nearby things)
• Continuity (seeing smooth contours)
• Closure (filling gaps in shapes)

Question 5

Cells in the visual cortex that respond to different characteristics, or features, of a visual stimulus.

Answer 5

Feature detectors

Question 6

Define bottom-up processing.

Answer 6

The creation of a whole picture from small pieces

Feature detection

Question 7

Define top down processing.

Answer 7

Perceiving a whole image first, and then noticing the pieces.

(Gestalt)

Question 8

Perceiving an object from different angles will still seeing it as the same object

Answer 8

Perceptual constancy

Question 9

The mind’s expectations for what it will see

Answer 9

Perceptual set

Question 10

The mind as created by the brain along with the rest of the body

Answer 10

Embodied mind

Question 11

Thinking that depends on the body

Answer 11

Embodied cognition