Psychology topic a

Question 1

Retina

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The light sensitive layer at the back of the eye. It is made up of rods and cones which are nerve cells

Question 2

Rods

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Light sensitive cells in the retina that respond even in dim light

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Cones

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Light sensitive cells in the retina that can detect light

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Optic nerve

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Bundle of nerves that leads out from the retina at the back of the eye it carries information from the rods and cones to the brain

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Blind spot

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The area of the retina where the optic nerve leaves .it has no rods or cones so cannot detect light

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Optic chiasma

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The cross shape where some of the information from the left and right eye crosses over to pass into the opposite sides of the brain

Question 7

Visual cortex

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The area at the back of the brain that interprets visual information

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Depth cues

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The visuals clues that we use to understand depth or distance

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Monocular cues

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Information about distance that comes from one eye such ad superimposition and height in the plane

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Binocular depth cues

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Information about distance that needs two eyes such as stereopsis

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Size constancy

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We perceive an object as the same size even when its distance from us changes

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Relative size

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Smaller objects are perceived as further away than larger ones

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Texture gradient

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An area with a detailed pattern perceived to be nearer than one with less detail

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Height in the plane

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Objects closer to the horizon are perceived to be more distant than ones below or above the horizon

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Superimposition

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A partly hidden object must be further away than the object covering it

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Linear perspective

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Parallel lines appears to converge (meet ) in the distance

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Stereopsis

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The greater the view seen by the left eye and the right eye, the closer the viewer is looking

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Figure ground

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A small complex symmetrical object is seen as separate from the background

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Perception

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The way the brain makes sense of the visual image detected by the brain

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Similarity

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Figures sharing shape, size or color are grouped together with other things that look the same

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Proximity

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Object which are close together are perceived to be related

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Continuity

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Straight lines, curves and shapes are perceived to carry on being the same

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Closure

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Lines or shapes are perceived as complete figures even if parts are missing

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Visual illusion

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A conflict between reality and what we perceive

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Fiction

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An illusion caused when a figure is perceived even though it is not present in the stimulus

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Illusory contour

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A edge that is perceived in a figure but is not present in the stimulus

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Motion after effect

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An illusion caused by paying more attention to movement in one direction and perceiving movement in the opposite direction immediately afterward

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Color after effect

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A illusion caused by focusing on a colored stimulus and perceiving opposite colors immediately afterwards

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Ambiguous

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A stimulus with two possible interpretation in which it is possible to perceive only one of the alternative at a time

Question 30

Distortion illusion

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Where our perception is deceived by some aspect of the stimulus this can affect the shape or size of a object