perception Flashcards

chapter 2.5

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perception vs sensation

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process of being aware of word aroung you (integrated info)

sensation is the process of obtaining sensory information (raw info)

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bottom up and top down processing

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bottom up - uses small feautures (when unfamiliar and complex)

top down - uses big picture (relies on previous information)
percieves objects that arent really there

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face pareidolia

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seeing faces that arent there

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perceptual organization

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structure sensory information as a whole

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parvocellular vs magnocellular

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constancy

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we percieve certain aspects of an object to be the same despite changes in stimuli and environment

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gestalt principles as a whole state that we have a tendency to

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tendency to perceive objects as a whole

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law of proximity

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percieve objects close to one another as a group

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law of similarity

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our tendency to percieve or group similar objects together

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law of good continuation

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tendency to percieve good continous patterns

percieve as two smooth unbroken intersecting lines rather than two v shapes in the middle

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subjective contours

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percieving contours that are not actually present

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law of closure

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our brains fill in missing parts for an image and we percieve it as a whole

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