Perception Flashcards
Unit 3
The process of organizing and interpreting sensory info:
Perception
We must perceive a figure from its ground:
Form Perception
Transforms 2D into 3D:
Depth Perception
Brain computes motion as images move across the retina:
Motion Perception
How we recognize an object:
Perceptual Interpretation
The ability to attend selectively to one voice among many:
Cocktail Party Event
Inability to see an object or person in our midst
Inattentional Blindness
A form of inattentional blindness; when you do not notice when something changes because you are so focused on something else:
Change Blindness
What are two perceptual illusions?
Muller-Lyer and Ames Room
Muller-Lyer
Tall arch - the ___ dimension of the arch looks longer than the ____ dimension. However, both are the same:
Vertical; Horizontal
Designed to demonstrate the size-distance illusion:
Ames Room
The tendency for vision to dominate the other senses:
Visual Capture
The tendency to integrate pieces of info into meaningful wholes:
Gestalt
Gestalt - an ____ ___:
Organize Whole
Gestalt Psychologists are fond of the saying that in perception ___ ____ may exceed the sum of its parts:
The Whole
People tend to perceive objecs in a simple, orderly way:
Law of Pragnanz
The organization of the visual field into objects that stand out from their surroundings:
Figure-ground
The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups:
Grouping
Group nearby figures together:
Proximity
Group figures that are similar:
Similarity
Perceive continuous patterns:
Continuity
Spots, lines, and areas are a unit when connected:
Connectedness
Fill in the gaps:
Closure