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Chapter 8 - Attention and perception Flashcards

- Attention - Perception - Visual perception - Gustatory perception

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Attention

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actively focusing on particular information while simultaneously ignoring other information

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Internal stimuli

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information or sensations that originate from within the body

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External stimuli

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information or sensations that originate from outside the body

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Sustained attention

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focusing on one stimulus or task across a prolonged continuous period of time

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Distractions

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internal or external stimuli that draw attention away from the current task

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Divided attention

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splitting attention across two or more stimuli at one time

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Multitasking

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the act of working on multiple tasks at one time

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Selective attention

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exclusively focusing attention on a specific stimulus or task while ignoring all other stimuli or tasks

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Sensory stimuli

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the raw pieces of information that are detected by the five senses

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Sensation

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the process of receiving and detecting raw sensory stimuli via sensory organs and sending this information to the brain

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Perception

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the process of selecting, organising, and interpreting sensory information

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Stages of visual perception

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Sensation:
1. Reception - detecting and responding to incoming sensory info by sense organs
2. Tranduction - receptors change energy of sensory info into form that can travel to brain as action potentials
3. Transmission - sending sensory info to relevant areas of the brain

Perception:
4. Selection - paying attention to particular features of a stimuli that’s important to us
5. Organisation - when info reaches brain, it’s rearranged to make sense of it
6. Interpretation - past experiences motives, values & context are involved in the process to give stimulus meaning

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Visual sensory system

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the network that is involved in the sensation and perception of visual stimuli, including the eyes, the brain and the neural pathways connecting them

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Visual perception

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the process of becoming consciously aware of visual stimuli as a result of the interactions between the visual sensory system, and the individual’s internal and external environments

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Gustatory perception

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the process of becoming consciously aware of flavour

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gStages of gustatory perception

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  1. when chewing, saliva breaks down food into tastants
  2. tastants received by gustatory receptors in taste buds on tongue, mouth, throat, back of nose
  3. tastants converted to a form that’s sent to brain as neural impulse, info about type & intensity of flavour goes to primary gustatory cortex
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5 basic tastes

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  • sweet
  • sour
  • salty
  • bitter
  • umami (meat, tomato, soy sauce)
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Tastants

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the sensory stimuli received in the form of chemical molecules that can be tasted

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Primary gustatory cortex

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a sensory area in the parietal lobe responsible for receiving and processing tastes

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Bottom-up processing

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perception is determined by incoming sensory information, moving from specific stimulus information to general knowledge

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Top-down processing

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perception is driven by prior knowledge and expectations, moving from general knowledge to specific stimulus information

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Biological factors

definition

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internal genetic and/or physiologically based factors

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Photoreceptors

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the sensory receptors of the eye which receive light and convert this sensory information into a form that can be sent to the brain

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Rods

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photoreceptors that allow someone to see in low levels of light

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Cones

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photoreceptors that allow someone to see colour and fine details in well-lit conditions

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Visual acuity

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the level of detail and clarity of vision

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Refractory errors

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defects in the eye causing it not to bend light as it is supposed to, resulting in reduced visual acuity

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Myopia

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short-sightedness due to the focal point of one or both eyes being located in front of, instead of on, the retina

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Depth Cues

definition

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visual clues that allow someone to perceive the world in three dimensions and judge the distance and position of objects in their environment

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Monocular depth cues

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rely on visual information perceived by just one eye

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Binocular depth cues

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rely on visual information from both eyes

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Types of monocular depth cues: Accommodation

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involving our lens bulging and flattening according to how far away an object is.
- eye accommodates for distance
- close-up - bulges
- far away - flattens

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Types of monocular depth cues: Motion parallax

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uses our perception of movement to help us gauge how far away things are. it helps us to measure depth: the less objects move, the further away they are

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Types of monocular depth cues: Pictorial depth cues

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  • relative size
  • height in visual field
  • linear perspective
  • interposition
  • texture gradient
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Relative size

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the relative size of objects to one another in our visual field helps us to judge distance. If two similar objects cast different-sized images on the retina, the object that casts the larger image is perceived to be closer, and the smaller one is perceived to be further away.

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Height in visual field

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In our visual field, the closer objects are to the horizon line, the further away they appear. This means that their height in the visual field helps us to determine their distance.

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Linear perspective

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Parallel lines within our visual field appear to gradually converge as they recede into the distance but are separate up close.

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Inerposition (overalap)

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when objects overlap with one another, we perceive the object that is covered by another as being further away than the one obscuring it.

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Texture gradient

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we rely on the use of texture to judge how far away objects are. The closer we are, the greater the detail of texture we can see.

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Binocular depth cues

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  • retinal disparity
  • convergence
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Retinal disparity

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refers to the difference, or ‘disparity’, between the different images received on the retina of either eye. The closer an object is, the greater the disparity
- objects appear at a midpoint for both eyes.
- ^ brain takes images from both eyes and puts together to make a cohesive image
- allows us to accurately see the distance of objects

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Convergence

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When we look at things up close, our eyes turn inwards and eye muscles strain. The turning inwards is called convergence and the strain produces signals to our brain that something is up close

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Psychological factors

definition

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internal factors pertaining to an individual’s mental processes, including their cognition, affect, thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes

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Visual perception principles

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guiding rules that apply to incoming visual signals and determine how they are organised and interpreted
- gestalt principles
- visual constancies

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Gestalt principles

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the guiding rules of perception that allows us to organise and group separate visual stimuli into a meaningful whole
- the proximity principle
- the similarity principle
- the figure-ground principle
- the closure principle

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The proximity principle

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the proximity principle refers to our brain’s tendency to group together items in an image based on their physical closeness to one another

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The similarity principle

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reflects brain’s tendency to group together parts of an image that are similar in some way. Elements of an image can be similar in their size, shape, colour, position and so on.

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The figure-ground principle

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This principle involves our brain’s tendency to see some figures as being at the front of an image
- foreground & background

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The closure principle

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refers to our brain’s ability to mentally complete images that otherwise incomplete

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Visual constancies

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our ability to perceive visual objects as staying the same, even though they may appear to change or do change in our sensation
- shape
- size
- brightness

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Social factors

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external factors relating to an individual’s interactions with others and their external environment, including their relationships and community involvement

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Culture

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the customs, behaviours, and values of a particular group in society

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Culture norm

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a standard, value, or rule that outlines an appropriate behaviour or experience within a culture

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Biological factors

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internal genetic and/or physiologically based factors
- Age - has a biological influence on the way we perceive favour (decline in no. taste buds)
- Genetics - has biological influence on way we perceive flavour & preferences
- high tasters
- medium taster
- non-tasters

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Psychological factors (gustatory)

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  • appearance - can contribute to expectations of taste and therefore enjoyment & perception of its flavour
  • packaging - brand names, logos, image, familiarity & its association can influence the way we perceive flavour.

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