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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
What actually changes is lighting conditions
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Perceptual set
A mental predisposition to see things only one way
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Extrasensory Perception (ESP)
Controversial claim to perceive things we don't sense
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Illusions
When we are tricked into misinterpreting sensory info
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Mental process how we organize/interpret info
Perception
30
Organizing pieces into a whole
Gestalt
31
Figure=focus on. Ground=everything else
Figure-Ground
32
Put things together
Grouping
33
They have something in common
Similiarity
34
How close things are distance-wise
Proximity
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Brain fills in gaps
Closure
36
Patterns will keep going
Continuity
37
Ability to see 3D and judge distance
Depth perception
38
Experiment judging babies' depth perception (nature and nurture)
Visual cliff
39
Depth cues requiring both eyes
Binocular cues
40
Slightly different images from each eye confuses us
Retinal Disparity
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Tensions in eye muscles focusing on closer objects (cross-eyed)
Convergence
42
Depth cues requiring only one eye
Monocular Cues
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Closer=bigger, Farther=smaller
Relative size
44
Closer=move faster, Farther=move slower
Relative Motion
45
Closer=partially blocking farther object
Interposition
46
Closer=lower, Farther=higher
Relative height
47
Closer=more detail, Farther=less detail
Texture gradient
48
Closer=more clear, Farther=less clear
Relative clarity
49
Parallel lines come together farther away
Linear perspective
50
You perceive size, shape, and lightness as unchanging
Perceptual Constancy
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What actually changes is distance
Size constancy
52
What actually changes is angle
Shape constancy
53
What actually changes is lighting conditions
Lightness constancy
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A mental predisposition to only see things one way
Perceptual Set
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Controversial claim to perceive things we don't sense
Extrasensory Perception (ESP)
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When we are tricked into misinterpreting sensory info
Illusions

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