LCT9: Perception

Question 1

Perception

Answer 1

the processes by which people select, organize, and interpret sensations

Question 2

Hearing

Answer 2

primary somatosensory cortex in the temporal lobe

Question 3

Touch

Answer 3

primary somatosensory cortex in the parietal lob

Question 4

Vision

Answer 4

more complex, but mostly in the primary visual cortex of the occipital object

Question 5

Vental Stream

Answer 5

object recognition (what)

Question 6

Dorsal Stream

Answer 6

spatial perception (where)

Question 7

Fusiform Gyrus

Answer 7

region of the brain that is dedicated to perceiving faces

Question 8

Prosopagnosia

Answer 8

inability to recognize faces

Question 9

Gestalt Psychology

Answer 9

subfield of psychology studying perceptual processes, or how people organize sensory information into meaningful units and patterns

Question 10

Developed Perceptual principles based o the idea that…

Answer 10

“the whole is different than the sum of its parts”

Question 11

Figure and Ground

Answer 11

automatic focus on some objects in perceptual field, to the exclusion of others

Question 12

Perceptual Constancy

Answer 12

perceptions remain stable despite radical changes in sensory input (we can view objects as constant despite changes in size, color, shape, and lightness)

Question 13

Size perception depends on…

Answer 13

distance perception