Perception

Question 0

Gestalt

Answer 0

Whole is greater than the sum of its parts

A big tank is bigger than the individual, smaller tanks that make up the whole tank

Question 1

Perception

Answer 1

The interpretation of stimuli from the world around us

Seeing a owl in a cloud and another person sees a tree

Question 2

Figure ground

Answer 2

The organization of the visual field of seperating the stand out objects from the background.

The animals in the center ring are the figure and the people at the show watching, the ground, and the other things are the background

Question 3

Grouping

Answer 3

Placing stimuli or objects in understandable groups

Those that wear a hoover orange h on their shirt in x country meet are immediately assumed to be hoover

Question 4

Depth perception

Answer 4

Ability to see in three dimensions and judge distance

How far away a tennis ball is

Question 5

Visual cliff

Answer 5

Keeps infants safe while studying if infants will have good depth perception and will walk over the glass

Question 6

Binocular cues

Answer 6

Depth cues that require the use of both eyes

Using binoculars

Question 7

Monocular cues

Answer 7

Depth cues that require the use of one eye

Using a telescope

Question 8

Retinal disparity

Answer 8

Difference in images seen with the left eye and the right eye retinas

Question 9

Convergence

Answer 9

Tension in the eye muscles when eyes track inwards to focus on objects closer

Holding fingers and bringing them closer and closer

Question 10

Perceptual constancy

Answer 10

Perceiving the size, shape, and lightness of an object as unchanging, even as the retinal image of the object changes

A chair will be in the same place, even as we move farther away or change the angle of looking at it

Question 11

Perceptual set

Answer 11

Expectations that cause you to perceive something one way and not another

If you really like one place you will be more positive about it than others

Question 12

Schemes

Answer 12

Concepts or mental frameworks that help us organize the world

Seeing faces

Question 13

Context

Answer 13

Setting or environment in which we interpret sensory stimulation

Being on a ride that malfunctioned, and all the lights come on and spoil the ride

Question 14

Extra sensory perception

Answer 14

Controversial claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input

Ability to have telepathy