Cognitive Psychology Exam 1 - Frank Murphy Flashcards
interpreting sensory input
perception
mechanism for continuing cognitive processing
attention
cognitive processes underlying storage, retention, and retrieval of information
memory
the ability to detect something
sensation
interpreting sensory information
perception
using pieces of information from the environment to form a precept
bottom-up processing
using expectation, theories, and memory as a guide to perceive things
top-down processing
comparing a new object to templates of other objects we already have stored until we find a match
template matching
breaking up and analyzing individual components
feature analysis
agreement over which geons are part of an object (Biederman)
recognition by components
the idea that perception changes with practice, some aspects become clearer over time
perceptual learning
the failure to notice large changes across scenes when there is a brief space between the two
change blindness
the improvement of letter identification when in words than alone
word superiority effect
two parallel lines moving away appear to be touching
linear perspective
as something gets closer to you, the tension in your eye increases
convergence
certain aspects of stimuli that do not change
invariances
acts or behaviors permitted by objects, places, or events
affordances
where nerves leave the back of the eye, and no light receptors are present
blind spot