Ch.5 Perception

Question 0

What is Gate Control Theory?

Answer 0

One type of pain can block the experience of another pain

Question 1

Define Perception of Pain

Answer 1

More Distraction = less pain
More Anxious = more pain
More Control = less pain
Interpretation - how you interpret/ influence pain

Question 2

What is ADHD and name the types

Answer 2

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Types: Inattentive and Hyperactive

Question 3

Inattentive type of ADHD

Answer 3

Struggle with maintaining focus, concentration. Easily distracted, difficult to finish projects. Sometimes called “ADD”

Question 4

Hyperactive ADHD

Answer 4

When a person is impulsive, restless, can’t stay still, often blurt out answers, can’t wait their turn

Question 5

Treatment for ADHD

Answer 5

Stimulant, works on part of the brain that controls impulsivity, concentration (ex. Ridalen)
Structure (discipline, providing limits)

Question 6

Figure/Ground Perception

Answer 6

Your ability to see what’s the foreground and what’s the background. It’s inborn

Question 7

Name the Principles of Formation of Figures

Answer 7

Principle of Nearness, Similarity, and Closure

Question 8

Define the Principle of Nearness

Answer 8

Stimuli that are near each other, grouped together

Question 9

Define the Principle of Similarity

Answer 9

Objects/stimuli that are similar to each other, grouped together

Question 10

Define the Principle of Closure

Answer 10

When you look at something that’s incomplete, you tend to make/see it complete

Question 11

Define Depth Perception

Answer 11

Your ability to judge distances.

Partially inborn and learned

Question 12

Explain the Visual Cliff experiment

Answer 12

Experiment how depth of perception is in born - baby on clear table, once gets near the middle or towards edge, stops, doesn’t keep going; thinks its edge

Question 13

Moon Illusion

Answer 13

When the moon tends to look larger when the moon is on the horizon than when the moon is directly overhead.
Moon looks larger on horizon due to other objects around/in the same direction

Question 14

Frame of Reference

Answer 14

A comparison.

Ex. 10yo says middle age is 30, while 70yo would says middle age is 50

Question 15

Orientation Response

Answer 15

What’s goes on when you first notice a stimuli.

Pupils enlarge, brainwave pattern changes, increase blood flow in brain, blood pressure increases

Question 16

What are the Factors of Attention?

Answer 16

1. The more Intense the stimuli, the more you notice
2. The more the stimuli is Repeated, the more you notice
3. The more Motivated you see a stimuli, level of motivation affects what you see/notice

Question 17

Define Habituation

Answer 17

Become habituated/accustomed to stimuli, after first noticing stimuli

Question 18

Define Perceptual Expectany

Answer 18

This idea if you expect to see things a certain way, you’re more likely to see it that way (Rosenthal & Rosehan)

Question 19

Define Subliminal Messages

Answer 19

Subliminal means beneath or below consciousness.

Unconscious mind can accept an idea and will influence your conscious choices

Question 20

Eyewitness Testimony

Answer 20

Consistently unreliable, people tend to see what they expect to see, your own past learning will influence what you see, the confidence of the witness has nothing to do with the accuracy