Perception

Question 1

___ refers to the interpretation of what we take in through our senses.

Answer 1

Perception

Question 2

The five perceptual systems are: __, __, __, __, and __.

Answer 2

Visual (Sight)
Auditory (Hearing)
Haptic (Touch)
Savor (Smelling and Taste)
Basic orientational perceptual system

Question 3

__ is the conscious outcome of sense organs and projection regions.

Answer 3

Sensation

Question 4

__ means by which information is acquired from the environment via the sense organ is transformed into conscious experiences of objects, events, sounds, tastes.

Answer 4

Perception

Question 5

What is being drawn from this statement: I detect something, not necessarily conscious, and not necessarily meaningful.

Answer 5

Sensation

Question 6

What is being drawn from this statement: I know, recognize, appreciate what I am sensing, and it means something to me.

Answer 6

Perception

Question 7

Three Stages of Visual Processing

__ is the absorption of physical activities by receptors.

Answer 7

Reception

Question 8

Three Stages of Visual Processing

is the translation of physical energy into electrochemical activity.

Answer 8

Transduction

Question 9

Three Stages of Visual Processing

__ is the relationship between aspects of the physical stimulus and resultant nervous system activity.

Answer 9

Coding

Question 10

The three factors that influence perception are: __, __, and __.

Answer 10

The Object of Perception
Backgrounds and Surroundings
The Perceiver

Question 11

The two complementary organizations are: __ coherent objects and events out of segregated sensory/perceptual inputs and __ the perceptual worlds; understanding which inputs belong together and which come from separate objects.

Answer 11

Organizing and Parsing

Question 12

___ happens when our brains try to see patterns or shapes that are recognizable in order to make sense of our world.

Answer 12

Grouping

Question 13

In Gestalt Psychology

__ is grouping objects that are close together as being part of same group.

Answer 13

Proximity

Question 14

In Gestalt Psychology

__ happens when objects in similar apperance are perceived as being part of the same group.

Answer 14

Similarity

Question 15

In Gestalt Psychology

__ happens when objects that form a continuous form are perceived as the same group.

Answer 15

Continuity

Question 16

In Gestalt Psychology

__ happens when we fill gaps in if we can recognize it.

Answer 16

Closure

Question 17

In figure-group relationships, __ is seen as the foreground, __ is seen as the background, and __ belong to the figure.

Answer 17

Figure
Ground
Contours

Question 18

In the reversible figure-ground relationship, our perception can be affected by the principle of __, where smaller areas tend to be seen as figures against a larger background.

Answer 18

Smallness

Question 19

In the reversible figure-ground relationship, __ is interlocking figure-ground.

Answer 19

Tesselation

Question 20

Depth Perception

are cues that provide depth information with one eye closed.

Answer 20

Monocular Depth Cuse

Question 21

Depth Perception, Binocular Cues to Depth

are different images to each eye as a function of object closeness, basis of stereoscopic vision.

Answer 21

Binocular disparity

Question 22

Depth Perception, Binocular Cues to Depth

are rotation of eyes depending on object closeness, brain receives different motor signals from ocular muscles and interprets distance accordingly.

Answer 22

Binocular Convergence

Question 23

Depth Perception, Binocular Cues to Depth

are differential perception of motion (speend and direction) as a functino of distance from perceiver.

Answer 23

Motion Parallax

Question 24

Depth cues can be combined __, __, and __.

Answer 24

Additively
Preferentially
Multiplicatively