Perception Flashcards

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Inattentional Blindness

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Inability to see an object or person in our midst

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Selective Attention (Cocktail Party Effect)

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Focus of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

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Change Blindness

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Failed to notice a change in the individual asking for directions

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Gestalt

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Sensations are processed according to rules that result in meaningful whole perceptions

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Proximity

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Group nearby figures together

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Similarity

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Group figures that are similar

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Continuity

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Percieve continuous patterns

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Closure

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Fill in gaps

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Connectedness

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Spots, lines, and areas are seen as a unit when connected

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Figure and Ground (Objects and Surroundings)

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Organization of the visual field into objects (figures) that stand out from their surroundings (ground)

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Monocular

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One eye required to see depth

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Binocular

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Two eyes

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Retinal Disparity

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Images from the two eyes differ; this is how 3D works as well

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Convergence

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Two eyes move inward to see near objects and outward to see faraway objects

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Relative Size

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Percieve the one that casts a smaller retinal image to be farther away

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Interposition

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Closer objects blocks distant object

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Relative Clarity

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Hazy objects seen as more distant

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Texture Gradient

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Indistinct (fine) texture signals an increasing distance

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Relative Height

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Percieve objects that are higher in our field of vision to be farther away than those that are lower

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Linear Perspective

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More the lines converge, the greater their percieved distance

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Relative Brightness

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Given two identical objects, the dimmer one appears to be farther away

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Phi Phenomenon

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Lights flash at a certain speed they tend to present illusions of motion

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Perceptual Constancy

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Percieving objects as unchanging even as illumination and retinal image change; color, shape, size

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Stroboscopic Movement

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Movement is experienced when the objects appears to undergo a change in its location

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Parapsychology

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Study of paranormal phenomena; ESP

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Telepathy

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Mind-to-mind communication

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Clairvoyance

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Perception of remote events

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Precognition

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Predicting future events

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Psychokinesis

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Moving objects with your brain