Sensory and Perception (3d) Flashcards

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Proximity

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Objects that are physically close together are grouped together

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Similarity

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Similar objects are grouped together

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3
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Continuity

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Objects that continue a pattern are grouped together

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Closure

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We fill in small gaps in objects so that they are perceived as whole objects

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Figure ground ( top down processing laws)

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The tendency to perceive one aspect as the figure as the figure and the other as the background

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Binocular cues

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Cues from both eyes

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Retinal disparity

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Different images of objects are cast on the retinas of each eye

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Convergence

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The tendency of the eyes to move toward each other as we focus on objects close up

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Relative height

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We see objects that are higher in our visual plane as farther away than those that are lower

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Texture gradient

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We cause see more details of textured surfaces, such as wood grain on a restrung table, that are close to us

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Relative height

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When we look at two objects we know are the same seize, of one seems smaller than the other we see it as father away than the other

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Linear perspective

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Parallel lives seem to converge in the distance

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Perceptual constancy

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Our top down tendency to view objects as unchanging, despite shifts in the environmental stimuli we recive

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Size constancy

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We perceive objects the same size regardless of the distance from which it is viewed

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15
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Have constancy

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We see an object the same shape, no matter from what angle it is viewed

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16
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The development of sight

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Newborns can see, but their vision will improve significantly by two month of age
- at eight month of age, visual actuality is similar to adults

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Strabismus

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Lack of coordinated movement of both eyes; affects about 25 - 4% of the population

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Amblyopia

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A loss of visual abilities a weaker eye; abnormal development of the Brian’s visual cortex due to a failure to recive coordinated viausl stimulation from both eyes at the age of six

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Braille

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A form of reading skill used by individuals with visual impairments

20
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Kinisethtic

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Receptor cells in your muscles ell the Brian when e are moving and where our body parts are in space

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Vestibular

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Located in the semicircular canals of our inner ears; the movement of fluid tells us if we are standing up or swaying from side to side