Perception

Question 1

Perception

Answer 1

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information

Question 2

Selective Attention

Answer 2

focus of conscious
awareness on a
particular stimulus.

Question 3

Perceptual visual capture

Answer 3

tendency for vision to dominate the other senses

Question 4

Perceptual organization

Answer 4

Gestalt

Question 5

Gestalt

Answer 5

An organized whole
tendency to integrate pieces of –
information into meaningful wholes

Question 6

Grouping

Answer 6

The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups

Question 7

proximity

Answer 7

group nearby figures together

Question 8

Similarity

Answer 8

group figures that are similar

Question 9

Continuity

Answer 9

perceive continuous patterns

Question 10

Closure

Answer 10

fill in gaps

Question 11

connectedness

Answer 11

spots, lines, and areas are seen as unit when connected

Question 12

Figure and Ground

Answer 12

organization of the visual field into objects (figures) that stand out from their surroundings (ground)

Question 13

Depth Perception

Answer 13

ability to see objects in three dimensions
allows us to judge distance

Question 14

Binocular cues

Answer 14

Retinal disparity and convergence

Question 15

Retinal Disparity

Answer 15

images from the two eyes differ
closer the object, the larger the disparity

Question 16

Convergence

Answer 16

two eyes move inward for near objects

Question 17

Visual Cliff Experiment

Answer 17

(Eleanor Gibson) If you are old enough to crawl, you are old enough to see depth perception

Question 18

Monocular cues types

Answer 18

-relative size, clarity, height and motion
-interposition
-linear perspective

Question 19

Relative size

Answer 19

smaller image is more distant

Question 20

interposition

Answer 20

closer objects block distant objects

Question 21

Relative clarity

Answer 21

Hazy objects seen as more distant

Question 22

Relative height

Answer 22

higher objects seen as more distant

Question 23

Relative motion

Answer 23

closer objects seem to move faster

Question 24

Linear perspective

Answer 24

parallel lines converge with distance

Question 25

Monocular cues

Answer 25

You only need one eye

Question 26

perceptual constancy

Answer 26

perceiving objects as unchanging even as illumination and retinal image change

Question 27

Perceptual Adaptation

Answer 27

(vision) ability to adjust to an artificially displaced visual field
prism glasses

Question 28

Perceptual Set

Answer 28

a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another

Question 29

How does our sense of smell work with our sense of taste?

Question 30

Extrasensory Perception

Answer 30

controversial claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input
ex. Telepathy, clairvoyance etc

Question 31

Parapsychology

Answer 31

the study of paranormal phenomena
Ex. ESP and psychokinesis