Chapter 9 - Perception Flashcards

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Attention

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the level of awareness directed towards certain stimuli to the exclusion of others

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Sustained attention

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the maintenance of a high degree of attention over a prolonged period

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Vigilance

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another name for sustained attention

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Selective attention

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focusing on a single activity while disregarding other
environmental stimuli

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Controlled cognitive process

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a cognitive task that requires a high level of conscious awareness and mental effort

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Salient

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a descriptor for anything that is prominent, conspicuous or otherwise noticeable when compared to its surroundings

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Divided attention

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distributing attention to allow the processing of two or more stimuli at the same time

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Automatic cognitive process

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a task that requires a low level of conscious awareness or mental effort

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Top-down processing

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the processing of sensory information by applying prior knowledge and expectations

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Perception

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the mental process of recognising, interpreting and giving meaning to the information received by the sense organs

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Bottom-up processing

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the processing of sensory information beginning with salient sensory data, which is then integrated to form a bigger picture

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Schema

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our pre-existing mental ideas relating to a given concept that help us organise and interpret new information

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Sensations

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the information from the environment detected by the sensory organs and transmitted to the brain

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Gustation

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the sense of taste

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Biopsychosocial model

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an inter-disciplinary model that looks at the interconnection between biology, psychology and social factors

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Depth perception

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the ability to judge distances and see the world in three dimensions

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Biological depth cues

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a physiological signal or piece of information that helps us to determine how near or far an object is from another object or ourselves

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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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Convergence

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a biological depth cue
that involves the brain interpreting tension changes in the muscles around the eyes

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Retinal disparity

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the brain detecting similarities and differences
between the information being sent from each eye, due to the eyes being 6–7 cm apart

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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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Accommodation

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the ability of the eye to change focus from near to distant objects and back again

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Perceptual set

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

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Past experience
the situations and events we have encountered throughout our life prior to the present
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Memory
an information processing system that actively receives, organises, stores and recovers information
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Motivation
our desires, which cause us to perceive stimuli that align with our goals as more salient
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Context
the situation or conditions in which something occurs
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Perceptual constancy
the mind’s ability to perceive a visual stimulus as remaining constant even though the visual information sent to the brain about the object shows changes in shape, size, brightness and orientation
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Size constancy
the ability to perceive an object’s actual size, despite changes in our retinal images of the object
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Retinal image
the image of an object formed on the retina of the eye
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Shape constancy
the ability to perceive an object’s actual shape, despite changes in the retinal image of the object
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Orientation constancy
the ability to perceive an object’s actual orientation, despite changes in our retinal image of the object
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Visual perceptual principles
a set of consistent instructions that enable us to organise and interpret visual information in a reliable and meaningful way
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Gestalt principles
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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Figure–ground
the tendency to perceive art of a visual stimulus as more relevant (the figure) and standing out against its less relevant surroundings (the ground)
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Camouflage
when a figure appears to mix with the background
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Closure
our ability to fill in or ignore gaps in visual stimuli and perceive objects as a meaningful whole
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Similarity
the tendency to group together as a whole any stimuli that are alike in size, shape or colour
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Proximity
the tendency to perceive the parts of a visual stimulus that are close together as belonging to a group
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Culture
the many characteristics of a group of people, including their attitudes, behaviours, customs and values that are transmitted from one generation to the next
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Taste buds
cells in the mouth and throat that send sensory information to the brain for taste perception
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Food culture
the attitudes, behaviours, customs and values around food with which we were raised