Unit 2 - Perception (Modules 20, 21, 23)

Question 1

Sensation

Answer 1

The process by which we receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment

Question 2

Sensory Receptors

Answer 2

Sensory nerve endings that respond to stimuli

Question 3

Perception

Answer 3

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information

Question 4

Bottom-up Processing

Answer 4

Analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brains integration of sensory information

Question 5

Top-down processing

Answer 5

Constructs perceptions by drawing on experiences and expectations

Question 6

Selective Attention

Answer 6

The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

Question 7

Inattentional Blindness

Answer 7

Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere

Question 8

Change Blindness

Answer 8

Failing to notice changes in the environment

Question 9

Perceptual Set

Answer 9

A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another

Question 10

Extra sensory Perception

Answer 10

The claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input (telepathy, clairvoyance, pre recognition)

Question 11

Parapsychology

Answer 11

The study of paranormal phenomena

Question 12

Gestalt

Answer 12

An organized whole (tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes)

Question 13

Figure Ground

Answer 13

The organization of the visual field into objects that stand out from their surroundings

Question 14

Grouping

Answer 14

The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into content groups

Question 15

Depth Perception

Answer 15

The ability to see objects in three dimensions

Question 16

Visual Cliff

Answer 16

Laboratory device used to test depth perception in infants and young animals

Question 17

Binocular Cue

Answer 17

A depth clue, such as retinal disparity, that depends on the use of two eyes

Question 18

Retinal Disparity

Answer 18

A binocular cue for perceiving depth that compares retinal images from two eyes to calculate the distance

Question 19

Monocular Cue

Answer 19

A depth cue such as interposition or linear perspective, available to either eye alone

Question 20

Phi Phenomenon

Answer 20

An illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession

Question 21

Perceptual Constancy

Answer 21

Perceiving objects as unchanging even as illumination and retinal images change

Question 22

Color Constancy

Answer 22

Perceiving familiar objects as having consistent color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths reflected by the objects

Question 23

Perceptual Adaptation

Answer 23

The ability to adjust to changed sensory input