Perception Flashcards
Process of interpreting and organizing the incoming information in order that one can understand it and react accordingly
Perception
Selective mental process through which the individual brings the selected stimulus in his or her focus of consciousness
Attention
Attention has been referred to as
Allocation
Requires effort and concentration on a required work
Voluntary attention
Requires the potency of the stimulus
Involuntary attention
Attention that comes from constant practice
Habitual attention
A process in perception where in the person chooses a stimulus to listen to
Selective attention
Maintains that the basic perceptual process operates on the basis of a series of principles
Gestalt law of organization
Grouping is made based on complete figures
Closure
Elements similar in appearance are arranged together
Similarity
Items close together are grouped together
Proximity
Patterns that are perceived in the most basic and direct manner possible
Simplicity
Continuous flow of lines and patterns in one’s awareness
Continuity
Process that depends on one’s physiological and psychological cues
Visual perception
Two distinct perception errors
Illusions and hallucinations
Perceptual experience in which one perceives an image so strangely distorted
Illusion
A distortion of the sensory perception and there is no physical stimulus present
Hallucination
Illusion of length
By Miller — Lyer
By Wundt Illusion
By Pongendorff Illusion
A visual experience that continues after the stimulus has been removed is called
After image
Seen just as it was before the image is removed
Positive after image
When the color or brightness of the object is a compliment or opposite of the original
Negative after image
The process by which one organizes or makes sense of sensory impressions caused by the light, the light strikes one’s eyes
Visual perception
The interpretation of sound is referred to
Auditory perception
Two things to consider in terms of sound
Distance
Direction
Ability to perceive the world in three dimensions
Depth Perception
Perception of sense of touch; earliest sense to develop in fetus
Haptic Perception
Haptic is a Greek word _____ meaning ______
Hapne — sense of touch
It is said that time can be perceived either longer or shorter
Perception of time
Imagine seeing a person’s eyes, nose and mouth but not able to put those pictures together to recognize the person’s face
Strange perception problem
Is a condition marked by difficulty or inability to recognize faces
Prognosia or face blindness
The transfer of thought from one person to another without the regular use of the senses
Telepathy
Ability to see without the use of the eyes and can reveal information that may have not been received by ordinary or regular sensation
Clairvoyance
Ability to foretell future events
Precognition
Ability to make an object or objects move by thought process alone
Psychokinesis
Psychological experience beyond the reach of the five senses
Parapsychology
Sometimes called rebirth. It is said that some people can remember that they had some previous lives
Reincarnation
Special kinds of perception
Extra sensory perception
Perception affects our
Behavior
Thinking
