Sensation and Perception - Perceptual Processes

Question 1

Selective attention

Answer 1

Focused awareness of only a limited aspect of all you’re capable of experiencing.

Question 2

Bottom-up processing

Answer 2

Information processing that begins with sensory receptors to the brain’s integration of sensory information.

Question 3

Top-down processing

Answer 3

Information processing guided by pre-existing knowledge or expectations.

Question 4

Perceptual constancy

Answer 4

Perceiving an object as unchanging even when the immediate sensation changes.

Question 5

Visual capture

Answer 5

Vision usually dominates when there’s a conflict among senses.

Question 6

Depth perception

Answer 6

Ability to judge the distance of objects.

Question 7

Monocular cues

Answer 7

Clues about distance based on the image of one eye.

Question 8

Binocular cues

Answer 8

Clues about distance requiring two eyes.

Question 9

Optical/visual illusions

Answer 9

Discrepancies between the appearance of a visual stimulus and its physical reality.