Vocab Unit 3 Flashcards
The lowest level of stimulation that a person can consciously detect 50% of the time stimulation is present
Absolute threshold
The tendency to perceive the apparent brightness of an object as the same even when light conditions change
Brightness consistency
The tendency to complete figures that are incomplete
Closure
The tendency to perceive two things that happened close together in time as being related
Continguity
The tendency to perceive objects or figures as existing on a background
Figure ground
The tendency of the brain to stop attending to constant and unchanging information
Habituation
The smallest difference between two stimuli that is detectable 50% of the time
Just noticeable difference
Since of the location of the body parts in relation to the ground and each other
Kinesthic sense
The method by which the sensations experienced at any given moment are interpreted and organized in some meaningful fashion
Perception
The tendency to perceive objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping
Proximity
Visual illusions in which the figure and ground can be reversed
Reversible figures
The process that occurs when special receptors in the sense organs or activated allowing various forms of outside stimuli to become neural signals in the brain
Sensation
The tendency to interpret this shape of an object as being because consistent even when it’s shape changes on the retina
Shape consistency
The tendency to perceive things that look similar to each other as being part of the same group
Similarity
The tendency to interpret an objects as always being the same actual size regardless of its distance
Size consistency
