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Attention and perceptfion Flashcards

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Attention

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Actively focusing on particular information while simultaneously ignoring other information
>Avoid overwhelming feeling= filter to determine important and not important, allowing to concentrate
=level of awareness directed towards certain stimuli to the exclusion of others

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Internal stimuli

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Info/sensations that origianate from within the body

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External stimuli

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Info/sensations that originate from outside of the body

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Sustained attention

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=maintaining a high degree of attention over a prolonged period of time
>readiness to detect rare and unpredictable stimuli
*the more rare= greater a persons vigilance is likely to be
> can be unconcious (reading a book)
>Long period of time

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Selective attention

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=focusing attention on a single activity while disregarding other environmental stimuli
>req. when completing

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Divided attention

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Distributing ones attention to allow for processing of two or more stimuli at the same time
>used when automatic cognitive processes are being performed= req. decreased number of conscious awareness
> when 2+ stimuli rely on similar sensory systems, its harder to pay attention and process the information

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Sensations

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=process of receiving and detecting raw sensory stimuli via sensory organs and sending info to the brain
>once received converted to nueral impulses>sent to brain area for processing sensory info

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Perception

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Process where we interpret and give meaning to sensory informaton
>process of selecting, organising and interpreting sensory info
*Perception allows sensory information to enter conscious awareness to be understood

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Visual perceptions example

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Stimulus: light energy -> Reception: Eye receptors
Transduction: Converted from electromagnetic to neural impulses ->Transmission: Sent to brain via optic nerve -> Received by primary visual cortex

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Top-down processing

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=When we apply prior knowledge and expectations to a situation, which changes how we perceive it.
>allows to quickly link new into old information
-> means sensory input can be perceived inaccuartely
Draw on past experiences/knowledge> interpret info according to expectations>perception is formed

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Schemas

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= Pattern of thought that organises and interprets these expectations
->shapes how indiv. percieve stimuli

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Bottom up processing

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=When preocessing sensory information begining with salient sensory information, which is processed to produce meaning
>an indiv. will create their own perception on new experience/stimuli
Analysing specific elements or features of stimuli> Creating a whole picture from indiv. elements> perception is formed

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Salient sensory information

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The most important/ dominant stimuli
> shapes how they perceive new stimuli as it depends on what they most pay attention to

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Biological factors: influence on perception def

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=Grounded in physiology and are similar for most people; except when their is a difference in functionality

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Biological factors: Depth cues

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=ability to judge distances and see the world in 3D
-> relies on correctly processing biological depth cues
-> When eyes receive visual stimuli as 2D and convert to 3D

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Biological factors: Binocular DC

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=Requires both eyes to send information to the brain to perceive depth
>convergence
>retinal disparity

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Biological factors: Binocular DC: Convergence

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= Inward turning of the eyes which is detected by the brain as the muscle tension changes
> when increases; Visual cortex is activated by cue to determine the depth/distance of object
Further away=decreased muscle tension=no inward turning.
ONLY TAKES PLACE WITHIN 7 METRES

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Biological factors: Binocular DC: Retinal disparity

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=Brain detecting similarities and differences between information being snet from each eye (pupils=67cm apart)
when large disparity=close to observer
When small disparity= far away from observer
WHEN 10 METRES CLOSE

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Biological factors: Monocular DC

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=requires only one eye to send information to the brain to perceive depth
>accommodation

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Biological factors: Monocular DC: accommodation

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=automatic focusing mechanism of the lens in the eye to adjust shape, in response to distances of objects
-> eyes ability to adjust shape and therefore focus to see objects clearly at different distances
>Ciliary muscles control the lens
->bulge to focus on close objects
>elongate to focus on faraway objects
-> Brain monitors information to determine depth
E.g. watching a golf ball

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Psychological factors

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=learned mental process as individuals, have unique combination of mental process causing people to interpret environmental stimuli personally
>perceptual set (past experience, memory, motivation, context)

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Psychological factors: Perceptual set

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=Leads to view things in a certain way due to readiness to receive certain stimuli
-> informed by past experiences, memories, motivations and contexts

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Psychological factors: Perceptual set:
past experiences

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=Sum of life experience, meaning everyone has unique set
-> influenced by; Relationships, education, physiology, cultural beliefs

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Psychological factors: Perceptual set:
Memory

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=System that actively receives, organises, stores and recovers information
-> forming expectations on how the world should work

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Psychological factors: Perceptual set:
Motivation

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=Individual desires, and how certain stimuli align with our goals as more salient
-> stimuli=salient, as directed by past experiences and expectations from top-down processing

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Psychological factors: Perceptual set: Context

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= The conditions/situation in which something occurs, affecting how stimuli is perceived.

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Psychological factors: Perceptual constancy

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=Ability to process shifting/changing information and know the object hasn’t changed size, shape, or orientation
-> to efficiently function brain needs to perceive visual world with constancy and without distortion

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Psychological factors: Perceptual constancy: Size constancy

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=Individual recognises that a stimulus’ actual size remains the same despite changes sent to the brain
-> somethin faraway may appear small but we know its the same size as smt close

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Psychological factors: Perceptual constancy: Orientation constancy

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=Individual recognises that stimuli’s orientation remains the same despite changes
-> Viewing objects from different positions

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Psychological factors: Perceptual constancy: Shape constancy

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=Individual recognises that stimuli shape remains the same despite changes
->viewing objects from different angles

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Psychological factors: Gestalt principles:
Figure ground

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=Tendency to perceive part of visual stimulus as more relevant then surrounding
-Line of separation between figure and ground is contour= helps to differentiate figure and ground

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Psychological factors: Gestalt principles: Closure

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=ability to fill in or ignore gaps when viewing stimuli’s close-up and perceive stimuli as whole
-> reduce mental effort to perceive incomplete stimuli

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Psychological factors: Gestalt principles: Similarity

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=grouping together as a whole any stimuli that are alike in size, shape or colour.

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Psychological factors: Gestalt principles: Proximity

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  • Tendancy to perceive parts of stimuli as belinging to a group rather than far apart
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Social factors: Culture

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= unique cultures and societal norms we experience
-> can be traditional or modern
-> shapes our perceptual set causing is to view the world in a particular way

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Fallibility in visual perception’s:

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=It occurs when two or more visual cues conflict and we can make an interpretation that is not due to one or the other
-> can arise from a stimulus itself or how it’s processed

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Fallibility in visual perception’s:
Visual agnosia

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=A brain disorder whcih interferes with ability to recognise objects people or sound using one or more senses despite sensory systems being fully functionaly
->distortion isn’t explained by memory attention or language

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