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chapter 9 perception Flashcards

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what is attention?

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a cognitive process allowing us to focus and filter out information

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3 types of attention

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sustained attention, selective attention and divided attention

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what is sustained attention

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high mental effort controlled cognitive processing, used with new stimuli, simple or complex tasks, hard to keep for a long time

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what is selective attention

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high mental effort controlled cognitive process, used with salient stimuli with others blocked out, for complex tasks, low risk for misperception

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what is divided attention

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little mental effort automatic cognitive processing, focusing on multiple stimuli across simple tasks, multitasking, performance decreases if one is harder

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what do we use to process visual information?

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top down and bottom up processing

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what is top down processing

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influenced by our schema – focus on the present with your perceptual set – prone to inaccuracies but time efficient

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what is bottom up processing

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focus on the present with the sensory info – accurate and used to make sense in unfamiliarity – takes more time and more cognitive effort

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what do we use to process gustatory information?

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top down and bottom up

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what is top down gustatory processing

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past experiences overpower the current experience

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what is bottom up gustatory processing

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current experience overpowers the past

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what three things affect visual perception?

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biological, social and psychological factors

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2 types of biological factors

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monocular and binocular depth cues

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what are binocular depth cues

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depth cues that require both eyes to send information to the brain to perceive depth

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2 types of binocular depth cues

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convergence and retinal disparity

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what is convergence

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the inward turning of the eyes detected by the brain as tension in the muscles, which activates depth determination (inward is near, outward is far)

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what is retinal disparity

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the brain detecting similarities & differences between info in the 6cm of distance between our eyes, can be used for up to 10m away

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what are monocular depth cues

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depth cues that only require one eye to send information to the brain to perceive depth

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1 type of monocular depth cue

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accomodation

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what is accomodation

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it’s separate in both eyes, when the lens flattens (when an object is far away) or bulges (when object is closer)

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3 types of visual psychological factors

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perceptual set, perceptual constancy and gestalt principles

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what is perceptual set?

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the tendency go view things in a certain way due to a readiness to receive certain stimuli

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4 types of perceptual set

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past experience (images of old places), memory (plane), motivation, context

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what is perceptual constancy?

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a visual stimulus remaining constant even though the visual information send to the brain about the object shows it as constantly changing

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3 types of perceptual constancy

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size constancy, shape constancy, orientation constancy

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what are gestalt principles

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a set of principles that explain how we interpret visual information most efficiently by grouping individual elements together to perceive a whole object

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4 gestalt principles

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figure-ground, closure, similarity, proximity

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what is figure ground?

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tendency to see the figure separated from the less relevant background, separated by a contour line

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3 factors affecting gustatory perception

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biological, psychological and social

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4 biological factors affecting gustatory

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age, genetics, illness and pregnancy

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3 psychological factors affecting gustatory

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past experiences, emotion, product packaging

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3 social factors affecting gustatory

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food culture, historical experiences, songlines

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