Ch 8: Perceiving motion

Question 1

attentional capture

Answer 1

unintentional focusing of attention when a stimulus change interrupts other processing and causes a person to shift their attention

Question 2

change blindness

Answer 2

visual phenomenon in which t he thing a person is looking at undergoes some type of change that is not noticed by that person

Question 3

the aperture problem

Answer 3

misleading information due to only observing smaller portions of the stimulus

Question 4

Akinetopsia

Answer 4

rare neuropsychological disorder that is due to disease or trauma that makes it difficult for a person to perceive motion

Question 5

apparent motion

Answer 5

-perception of movement created when stationary objects are presented in rapid succession
-human brain integrates individual frames into a continuous motion

Question 6

after affects

Answer 6

altered perception of a sensory stimulus that results from prolonged exposure to a different stimulus

Question 7

implied motion

Answer 7

still picture that depicts an action involving motion