Unit 3 - Vocab. List #2 Flashcards
Inattentional Blindness
failing to see visible object when our attention is directed elsewhere
Top-down Processing
Information processing guided by higher-level mental processes, as when we construct perceptions drawing on our experience and expectations
Priming
The activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one’s perception, memory, or response
Closure (GP)
People will fill in blanks to perceive a complete object whenever an external stimulus partially matches that object
Proximity (GP)
Things that are close together appear to be more related than things that are spaced farther apart
Similarity (GP)
When items share some visual characteristics, they are assumed to be related in some way
Phi Phenomenon
An illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession
Perceptual Constancy
Perceiving objects as unchanging (having consistent color, brightness, shape, and size) even as illumination and retinal images change
Interposition
A perceptual cue in which the distances of two separate objects are judged based on the fact that one object partially obscures, or appears in front of, the other object
Texture Gradient
The progressively finer appearance of textures and surface grains of objects as the viewer moves away from them
Relative Size
A perceptual clue which allows you to determine how close objects are to an object of known size
Visual Cliff
A laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants and young animals
Pitch
A tone’s experienced highness or lowness; depends on frequency
Cochlea
A coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear; sound waves traveling through the inner ear trigger nerve impulses
Parapsychology
The study of paranormal phenomena; including ESP and psychokinesis
