Psychological factors in visual perception

Question 1

perceptual set

Answer 1

a combined effect of psychological factors (past experience, motivations, memory and context) that influence visual perception, also the tendency to view stimuli a certain way

Question 2

broad definition for psychological factors influencing visual perception

Answer 2

learned mental processes, each unqiue to an induividual

Question 3

past experience

Answer 3

the situations and events we have encountered throughout our lives prior to the present

Question 4

what is past experience influenced by

Answer 4

a large range of factors includinh physiology, cultural and social background, familial and friendship relationshipss, education, etc

Question 5

how does past experience influence visual perception

Answer 5

the sum of our life experiences causes us to interpret an image a certain way

Question 6

memory

Answer 6

the system that actively recieves, organises, stores and recovers information, shaped by our experience

Question 7

how does emeory influence visual perseption

Answer 7

helps us to make judgements and predictions of our visual world

Question 8

motivation

Answer 8

individual desires

Question 9

how does motivation influence visual perception

Answer 9

depending on our motivation, we will percieve certain stimuli that align with our goals as more salient than others

Question 10

context

Answer 10

the situations or conditions in which something occurss

Question 11

how does context effect visual perception

Answer 11

the location and circumstance can influence how visual stimuli are processed