Chapter 6

Question 1

Perception

Answer 1

How to interpret signals

Question 2

Selective Attention

Answer 2

The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus as in the cocktail party effect

Question 3

Cocktail Party Effect

Answer 3

Focusing on one thing amid a group setting

Question 4

Inattentional Blindness

Answer 4

Failing to see visual objects when attention is directed elsewhere

Question 5

Change Blindness

Answer 5

Doesn’t notice a change in the visual field due to brief visual interruption
Out of sight out of mind

Question 6

Change Deafness

Answer 6

Didn’t notice a change in sound

Question 7

Choice Blindness

Answer 7

Not recognizing what was chosen

Question 8

Pop-Out Phenomenon

Answer 8

Noticeably different stimuli demanding attention

Question 9

Illusions

Answer 9

Visual stimuli perceived differently from reality

Question 10

Visual Capture

Answer 10

Tendency for vision to dominate other senses

Question 11

Gestalt

Answer 11

An organized whole

Integration of pieces into meaningful wholes

Question 12

Figure-Ground

Answer 12

Organization of he visual field into objects that stand out from surroundings

Question 13

Grouping

Answer 13

Tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups

Question 14

Proximity

Answer 14

Grouping nearby figures together

Question 15

Similarity

Answer 15

Grouping similar figures together

Question 16

Continuity

Answer 16

Perceiving smooth continuous patterns

Question 17

Connectedness

Answer 17

Uniform and linked together

Question 18

Closure

Answer 18

Filling in gaps creating a whole object

Question 19

Depth Perception

Answer 19

A part of the visual field

Ability to see objects in 3D to judge distance

Question 20

Visual Cliff

Answer 20

Lab device testing depth perception

Question 21

Binocular Clues

Answer 21

Depth clues, retinal disparity and convergence, depend on two eyes

Question 22

Retinal Diaparity

Answer 22

Binocular cue for perceiving depth

Greater = closer and vice versa

Question 23

Monocular Cues

Answer 23

Depth cues with interposition, linear perspective, available to either eye alone

Question 24

Relative Size

Answer 24

More distance makes it smaller and vice versa

Question 25

Interposition

Answer 25

Objects overlap each other

Question 26

Relative Clarity

Answer 26

Hazy = further away objects and vice versa

Question 27

Convergence

Answer 27

Binocular cue for perceiving depth - converging inward | Greater inward stain = closer and vice versa

Question 29

Texture Gradient

Answer 29

Texture signals determine distance

Question 30

Relative Height

Answer 30

Higher in visual field = further away and vice versa

Question 31

Relative Motion

Answer 31

Objects more stable appear to move

Question 32

Linear Perspective

Answer 32

Parallel lines converge with distance

Question 33

Light and Shadow

Answer 33

Nearby objects reflect light, dimmer = further away

Question 34

Phi Phenomenon

Answer 34

An illusion of movement when lights blink in rapid succession

Question 35

Stroboscopic Movement

Answer 35

Pictures put together to create movement | Stop motion animation

Question 36

Perceptual Constancy

Answer 36

Perceiving objects as unchanging even as retinal images and illumination changes

Question 37

Perceptual Adaptation

Answer 37

In vision, the ability to adjust to an artificially placed or inverted visual field

Question 38

Context Effect

Answer 38

The influence of environmental factors on one's perception of a stimulus

Question 39

Perceptual Set

Answer 39

Mental predisposition o perceive one thing and both the other

Question 40

Schemas

Answer 40

With experience we form concepts to organize and interpret unfamiliar info

Question 41

Human Factor Psychologists

Answer 41

Psychologists who make machines easy to use

Question 42

Extrasensory Perception (ESP)

Answer 42

Perception can occur without sensory input

Question 43

Parapsychology

Answer 43

Study of paranormal or ESP phenomenon