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closure

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fill in the gaps

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common fate

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same speed and same direction

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common region/enclose

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boundaries group objects/people

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continuity

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smooth continuous lines

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connectedness

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joined together goes together

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proximity

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close together goes together

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similarity

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similar characteristics go together

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synchrony

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two different stimuli are together

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signal detection theory

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mathematical model on whether or not you detect a signal

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correct rejection

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no signal/not detecting something

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false alarm

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no signal/thought you were detecting something

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hit

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detect something/signal was there

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miss

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not detecting something/signal was there

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absolute threshold

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smallest/weakest amount of stimuli needed to be detected 50 percent or more of the time

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attention

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the process of directing and focusing one’s resources

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binocular disparity

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each eyeball sees a different image allowing the perception of depth

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bottom-up processing

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using senses/data first to perceive; babies use this more

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change blindess

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cocktail party effect

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computational approach

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having to take in everything

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constructivist approach

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still taking in information, but in bigger chunks

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convergence

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the more our eyes have to cross eye, the closer the image is

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covert orienting

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depth perception

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ecological approach

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taking in very little/no information; adapted to our environment

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fechner’s law

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noticing a change in light or sound

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figure-ground discrimination

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height in the visual field

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inattentional blindness

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interposition

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if an object is blocking another object, that object is closer

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just-noticeable difference

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linear perspective

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farther the point is, the farther the lines go

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locus coeruleus

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part of the brain that helps us direct/focus our attention

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looming

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throwing a baseball and the image growing/getting bigger on your retina, getting closer and closer so it looks like the baseball is getting bigger, but it stays the same shape

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motion parallax

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2 things happening at once, driving and seeing trees moving fast, and a mountain in the distance not moving

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multitasking

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ocular accomodation

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overt orienting

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perception

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perceptual organization

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perceptual sets

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your expectations/assumptions

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phi phenomenon

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a motion illusion

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psychophysics

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research that looks at physical stimuli (sensation) and psychological research

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relative size

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things are relevant size

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response criterion

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how much or what criteria is needed to detect a stimuli

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schemas

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mental representations; the thoughts about any person, place, or thing

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selective attention

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notion that we can only focus our resources on part of the perceptual world

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sensitivity

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signal detection theory

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ability to detect a stimuli/influenced by signal strength, good or bad senses, any kind of background noise/distraction

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steven’s power law

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noticing a shock/pain and temperature

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stimulus ambiguity

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when a situation is incomplete, we fill in the gaps with what we assume is going to happen

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stroboscopic motion

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subliminal stimuli

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stimuli that is noticed/detected 49.9 percent or less of the time

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supraliminal stimuli

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stimuli that is noticed/detected 50 percent or more of the time

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texture gradient

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the more texture/details, the closer the object is

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top-down processing

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knowledge driven

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visual cliff

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weber’s law

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noticing a change in weight, how heavy or light it was to begin with

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texture

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same texture go together

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simplicity

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look for the simplest form

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perception constancy

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robert fante and human/baby faces

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