PERCEPTION

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Perception

Question 2

We have 5 perceptual systems:

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Conscious outcome of sense organs and projection regions. (“I detect something”, not necessarily conscious, and not necessarily meaningful)

Answer 3

Sensation

Question 4

means by which information acquired from the environment via the sense organs is transformed (organized) into conscious experiences of objects, events, sounds, tastes, etc. (“I know, recognize, appreciate what I am sensing, and it means something to me”)

Answer 4

Perception

Question 5

3 stages of visual processing

Answer 5

1. Reception
2. Transduction
3. Coding

Question 6

Factors that influence perception

Answer 6

1. The object of perception
2. Backgrounds and surroundings
3. The perceiver

Question 7

some things in our environment tend to attract attention

Answer 7

The Object of Perception:

Question 8

our surroundings at the moment of perception will affect our perceptions

Answer 8

Backgrounds and Surroundings

Question 9

we each bring unique experiences and personal points of view to each situation

Answer 9

The Perceiver

Question 10

In order to make sense of our world our brains try to see patterns or shapes that are recognizable. This principle is called “______”.

Answer 10

grouping

Question 11

Two complementary issues of Perceptual Organization

Answer 11

• Organizing
• Parsing

Question 12

____ coherent objects and events out of segregated sensory/perceptual inputs (“binding”)

Answer 12

Organizing

Question 13

“_____” the perceptual world; understanding which inputs belong together and which come from separate objects

Answer 13

Parsing

Question 14

group objects that are close together as being part of same group

Answer 14

Proximity

Question 15

Objects similar in appearance are perceived as being part of same group

Answer 15

Similarity

Question 16

Objects that form a continuous form are perceived as same group

Answer 16

Continuity

Question 17

like top-down processing…we fill gaps in if we can recognize it

Answer 17

Closure

Question 18

Objects arranged in either a straight line or a smooth curve tend to be seen as a unit.

Answer 18

Law of Good Continuation, or Continuity

Question 19

– interlocking figure/ground

Answer 19

Tessellation

Question 20

– cues that provide depth information with one eye closed

Answer 20

Monocular depth cues

Question 21

Binocular Cues to Depth

Answer 21

1. Binocular Disparity
2. Binocular Convergence
3. Motion Parallax

Question 22

different images to each eye as a function of object closeness; basis of stereoscopic vision

Answer 22

Binocular disparity:

Question 23

: rotation of eyes depending on object closeness; brain receives efferent motor signals from ocular muscles and interprets distance accordingly

Answer 23

Binocular convergence

Question 24

differential perception of motion (speed and direction) as a function of distance from perceiver

Answer 24

Motion parallax: