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Perception Flashcards

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Perception

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Mental process how we organize/interpret info

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Gestalt

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Organizing pieces into a whole

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Figure-Ground

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Figure=focus on. Ground=Everything else

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Grouping

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Put things together

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Similarity

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They have something in common

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Proximity

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How close things are distance-wise

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Closure

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Brain fills in gaps

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Continuity

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Patterns will keep going

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Depth perception

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Ability to see 3D and judge distance

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Visual cliff

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Experiment testing babies’ depth perception (nature and nurture)

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Binocular Cues

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Depth cues requiring both eyes

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Retinal Disparity

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Slightly different images from each eye confuses us

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Convergence

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Tensions in eye muscles focusing on larger objects

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Monocular Cues

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Depth cues requiring only one eye

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Relative size

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Closer=bigger, Farther=smaller

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Relative motion

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Closer=move faster, Farther=move slower

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Interposition

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Closer=partially blocking farther object

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Relative height

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Closer=lower, farther=higher

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Texture gradient

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Closer=more detail, Farther=less detail

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Relative clarity

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Closer=more clear, Farther=less clear

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Linear perspective

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Parallel lines come together farther away

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Perceptual constancy

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You perceive size, shape, and lightness as unchanging

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Size constancy

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What actually changes is distance

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Shape constancy

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What actually changes is angle

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Lightness constancy

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What actually changes is lighting conditions

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Perceptual set

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A mental predisposition to see things only one way

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Extrasensory Perception (ESP)

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Controversial claim to perceive things we don’t sense

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Illusions

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When we are tricked into misinterpreting sensory info

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Mental process how we organize/interpret info

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Perception

30
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Organizing pieces into a whole

31
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Figure=focus on. Ground=everything else

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Figure-Ground

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Put things together

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They have something in common

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Similiarity

34
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How close things are distance-wise

35
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Brain fills in gaps

36
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Patterns will keep going

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Continuity

37
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Ability to see 3D and judge distance

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Depth perception

38
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Experiment judging babies’ depth perception (nature and nurture)

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Visual cliff

39
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Depth cues requiring both eyes

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Binocular cues

40
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Slightly different images from each eye confuses us

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Retinal Disparity

41
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Tensions in eye muscles focusing on closer objects (cross-eyed)

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Convergence

42
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Depth cues requiring only one eye

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Monocular Cues

43
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Closer=bigger, Farther=smaller

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Relative size

44
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Closer=move faster, Farther=move slower

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Relative Motion

45
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Closer=partially blocking farther object

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Interposition

46
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Closer=lower, Farther=higher

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Relative height

47
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Closer=more detail, Farther=less detail

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Texture gradient

48
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Closer=more clear, Farther=less clear

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Relative clarity

49
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Parallel lines come together farther away

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Linear perspective

50
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You perceive size, shape, and lightness as unchanging

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Perceptual Constancy

51
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What actually changes is distance

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Size constancy

52
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What actually changes is angle

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Shape constancy

53
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What actually changes is lighting conditions

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Lightness constancy

54
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A mental predisposition to only see things one way

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Perceptual Set

55
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Controversial claim to perceive things we don’t sense

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Extrasensory Perception (ESP)

56
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When we are tricked into misinterpreting sensory info

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