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Visual Perception Flashcards

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set of processes by which we recognize, organize, and make sense of the sensations we receive from environmental stimuli

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Perception

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He provided a useful framework for studying perception. He introduced the concepts of distal (External) object, informational medium, proximal stimulation, and perceptual object.

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James Gibson

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A concept of perception that refers to an object in the external world. A falling tree is an example of this basic type of conception

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Distal object

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The i____ m___ could be sound waves, as in the sound of the falling tree

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Informational medium

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P__ (near) stimulation (i.e., the cells in your retina absorb the light waves)

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Proximal stimulation

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It is created in you that reflects the properties of the external world

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Perceptual object

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The word “G___” is German and means “complete field”

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Ganzfeld

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a phenomenon of perception caused by exposure to an unstructured, uniform stimulation field

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Ganzfeld

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A data driven that describe approaches where perception starts with the stimuli whose appearance you take in through your eye

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Bottom-up Theories

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describe a perception that is driven by high-level cognitive processes, existing knowledge, and the prior expectations that influence perception. (Conceptual data)

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Top-down theories

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the information in our sensory receptors, including the sensory context, is all we need to perceive anything

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Direct perception

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As the environment supplies us with all the information we need for perception

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ecological approach

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Suggest that we have stored in our minds myriad sets of templates

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Template theories

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Are highly detailed models for patterns we potentially might recognize

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Templates

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It attempts to match features of a pattern to features stored in memory, rather than to match a whole pattern to a template or a prototype

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Feature-matching Theories

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receive a retinal image and pass it on to “feature demons”

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image demons

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These matches are yelled out at demons at the next level of the hierarchy, the “c__ d___.”

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cognitive demons

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listens to the pandemonium of the cognitive demons

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Decision demon

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we quickly recognize objects by observing the edges of them and then decomposing the objects into Geons

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recognition-by-components (RBC) theory

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it states that higher-order thinking plays an important role in perception. It also emphasizes the role of learning in perception

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Intelligent perception

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The percepts are based on three things

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  • What we sense (the sensory data)
  • What we know (knowledge stored in memory)
  • What we can infer (using high-level cognitive processes.)
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Objects presented in certain configurations are easier to recognize than the objects presented in isolation, even if the objects in the configurations are more complex than those in isolation.

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Configural-superiority effect

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Target line that forms a part of a drawing of a 3-D object is identified more accurately than a target that forms a part of a disconnected 2-D pattern

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Object-superiority effect

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Indicates that when people are presented with strings of letters, it is easier for them to identify a single letter if the string makes sense and forms a word instead of being just a nonsense sequel letter

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The word-superiority effect

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the individual stores the way the object looks to him or her

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Viewer-centered representation

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the individual stores a representation of the object, independent of its appearance to the viewer

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Object-centered representation

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Representation, information is characterized by its relation to a well-known or prominent item

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landmark-centered

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useful particularly for understanding how we perceive groups of objects or even parts of objects to form integral wholes

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Gestalt approach

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The tendency to perceive any given visual array in a way that most simply organizes the different elements into a stable and coherent form

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Law of Prägnanz.

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system specializes in recognition of parts of objects and in assembling those parts into distinctive holes

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Feature analysis

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specializes in recognizing larger configurations

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Configurational system

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Face recognition occurs, at least in part, in the f___ g__ of the temporal lobe

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fusiform gyrus

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The inability to recognize faces—would imply damage of some kind to the configurational system

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Prosopagnosia

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It occurs when our perception of an object remains the same even when our proximal sensation of the distal object changes

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Perceptual Constancies

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the perception that an object maintains the same size despite changes in the size of the proximal stimulus

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Size constancy

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The ability to see the world in 3 dimensions and detect distance

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Depth Perception

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cues can be represented in just two dimensions and observed with just one eye

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Monocular depth

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cues are based on the receipt of sensory information in three dimensions from both eyes

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Binocular depth

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Parallel lines converge in distance

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Linear perspective

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images seem blurry, the farther away

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Aerial perspective

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objects get smaller at decreasing speed in distance

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Motion Parallax

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eyes turn inward as object moves towards you, brain uses this information to judge distance

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Binocular convergence

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each eye views a slightly different angle of an object; Brain uses this to create a 3-d image

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Binocular disparity

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Inability to recognize and identify objects or persons despite having knowledge of the characteristics of the objects or persons

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Agnosia

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Inability to recognize faces, including one’s own

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Prosopagnosia

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  • Normal visual fields, yet act blind

- Perceives only one stimulus at a time—single word or object

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Simultagnosic/Simultagnosia

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  • Cannot navigate in even familiar environment

- Gets lost

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Spatial Agnosia

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  • Cannot recognize certain sounds

- Can not tell if two melodies are the same or different

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Auditory Agnosia

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Can see two colors are different, but cannot name the colors

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Color Agnosia

50
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  • Cannot use vision to guide movement

- Unable to reach for items

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Optic ataxia

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