Lecture 3 Terms

Question 1

Change Blindness

Answer 1

The experimental verified tendency of humans not to notice changes in their enviornment.

Question 2

Confabulation

Answer 2

The filling in of details missing from either perception memory. The brain invents the missing details to construct a consistent narrative.

Question 3

Constancy

Answer 3

The fact that our brains construct a constant and consistent model of what we perceive that generally matches reality.

Question 4

Inattentional Blindness

Answer 4

This phenomenon refers to the lack of attention to sensory information, especially while attending to other sensory input. Significant informationright before our eyes can be completely missed and simply not processed.

Question 5

McGurk Effect

Answer 5

The phenomenon that the consonant sounds we hear are affected by the lip movements we see.

Question 6

Multitasking

Answer 6

Dividing attention between two or more tasks or sensory inputs.

Question 7

Optical Illusion

Answer 7

The common term for the failure of constancy, or a breakdown in the process of creating a constant consistent view of reality. Illusions occur when what our brain constructs does not match reality or when there is an inherent contradiction or ambiguity in the way perceptual information is constructed.

Question 8

Synesthesia

Answer 8

When more than one sensory modality is combined or when one sensory modality is interpreted as another, such as smelling colors.