Perception Flashcards

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perception

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the process of interpreting and understanding sensory information

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2
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perception occurs in conjunction with _____

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action

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3
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a problem with current computer programs designed to detect objects

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they make certain mistakes that humans would never make

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4
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Information processing model

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input -> sensory memory -> STM -> LTM

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sensation

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the first contact with the stimulus, which is transformed from light, sound, etc. into a neural impulse which is passed to the brain

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6
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Where are the photoreceptors located?

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the retina

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The types of photoreceptors and their purpose

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  • cones are colour sensitive (red, green, blue)

- rods are luminance sensitive (black, white)

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8
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cones are mainly clustered in the

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fovea (foveal pit)

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9
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where are rods located?

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in an increasing concentration coming away from the fovea

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10
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the blind spot is where

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the information leaves the eye to go to the brain

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how information gets passed from photoreceptors to the brain

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photoreceptors -> bipolar cells -> ganglion cells -> visual cortex

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saccade

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the quick movement (25-175 msec) of the eyes from one location to another

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fixation

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the brief period (~200 msec) when the eyes stop moving and process the visual scene

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perceptual span

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the number of items that an individual can report form a brief display that did not allow for eye movements (~4.5 items)

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15
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George Sperling

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introduced the concept of iconic memory (1960)

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Sperling’s experiment

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  • replicated perceptual span studies and found similar results
  • introduced partial report (just 1 row), which gave much better results
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Sperling’s subjects reported that:

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  • they saw the whole array of images but forgot it while reporting
  • the array seemed to fade but was available to examine mentally even after it went off-screen
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Averbach & Coriell

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  • replicated Sperling’s study but only asked them to report a single item by putting a bar underneath where the item was
  • their performance was more accurate than when asked for a row
  • when a circle was used instead of a bar, performance was worse
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19
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Sperling found that information in the iconic store is ___

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very visual and quite unprocessed as to meaning (raw, sensory information)

20
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the duration of information in the sensory store lasts for

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  • 1/4 to 1 second (iconic)

- 1 to 4 seconds (echoic)

21
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information transfers from sensory memory to working memory through

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pattern recognition

22
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template theory

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the mind uses templates, a pattern treated as an unanalyzed whole, to recognize whether a stimulus matches it

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challenges to template theory

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  • a stimulus can be interpreted differently depending on the context
  • we can still recognize a stimulus when partially blocked out, in a different orientation, etc.
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feature theory

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a pattern is decomposed into different elements (features) in order to recognize a stimulus

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bottom-up
processsing begins with the sensory input and ends with its representation, therefore the outcome of a lower step is never affected by a higher step in the process
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top-down
the output of a lower step is influenced by a higher one (knowledge, context), changing the way we process a stimulus
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direct perception theories
- bottom-up - perception comes only from stimuli in the environment - parts are identified and put together, then recognition occurs
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constructive perceptive theories
- top-down processing | - people actively construct perceptions using information based on knowledge and expectations
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Gestalt Principles of Perceptual Organization
rules governing how features should be put together (rule of similarity, continuation, etc.)
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Law of Pragnanz
every stimulus pattern is seen so the resulting structure is simple as possible
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unconscious inference
our perceptions are the result of unconscious assumptions that we make about the environment
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likelihood principle
we perceive the world in the way that is "most likely" based on our past experiences
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oblique effect
we perceive vertical/horizontals more easily than other orientation because we experience them more regularly
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light-from-above assumption
we assume light comes from above because this is common in our environment
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scene schema
knowledge of what a given scene ordinarily contains
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Bayesian inference
we estimate the probability of an outcome is influenced by: - the prior probability - the likelihood of a given outcome
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movement adds ____ to perception but also creates more ____ perceptions
- complexity | - accurate
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inverse projection problem
there is an infinite number of sources for any given retinal image
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viewpoint invariance
the ability to recognize an object seen from different viewpoints
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speech segmentation
being able to tell when one word ends and the next one begins
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Gestalt psychology
rejected the idea that perception is formed by adding up of sensations, believed that the whole is different from the sum of its parts
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apparent movement
when movement is perceived even though nothing is actually moving
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physical regularities
regularly occurring physical properties of the environment
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semantic regularities
the characteristics associated with the functions carried out in different types of scenes
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experience-dependant plasticity
the structure of the brain is changed by experience
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what (perception) pathway
leads to the temporal lobe, responsible for determining an object's identity
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where (action) pathway
leads to the parietal lobe, responsible for determining an object's location