Module 2.1A Flashcards

Influences on Perception

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Selective Attention

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Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus,

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Inattentional Blindness

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Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere.

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Change Blindness

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Failing to notice changes in the environment (A form of inattentional blindness)

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Perceptual Set

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A mental predisposition to percieve one thing and not another.

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