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AP psych chp. 6 flashcards
Perception
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Psychology
11th Grade
04/27/2013

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Selective Attention
Definition
The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus, as in the cocktail party effect.
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Inattentional Blindness
Definition
Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere.
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Visual Capture
Definition
The tendency for vision to dominate the other senses.
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Gestalt
Definition
An organized whole. These psychologists emphasize our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes.
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Figure-Ground
Definition
The organization of the visual field into objects (the figures) that stand out from their surroundings (the ground).
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Grouping
Definition
The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups.
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Depth Perception
Definition
The ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows us to judge distance.
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Visual Cliff
Definition
A laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants and young animals.
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Binocular Cues
Definition
Depth cues, such as retinal disparity and convergence, that depend on the use of two eyes.
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Retinal Disparity
Definition
A binocular cue for perceiving depth: By comparing images from the two eyeballs, the brain computes distance- the greater the disparity (difference) between the two images, the clearer the object.
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Convergence
Definition
A binocular cue for perceiving depth; the extent to which the eyes converge inward when looking at an object. The greater the inward strain, the closer the object.
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Monocular Cues
Definition
Depth cues, such as interposition and linear perspective, available to either eye alone.
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Phi Phenomenon
Definition
An illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession.
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Perceptual Constancy
Definition
Perceiving objects as unchanging (having consistent lightness, color, shape, and size) even as illumination and retinal images change.
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Perceptual Adaptation
Definition
In vision, the ability to adjust to an artificially displaced or even inverted visual field.
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Perceptual Set
Definition
A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another
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Human Factors Psychology
Definition
A branch of psychology that explores how people and machines interact and how machines and physical environments can be made safe and easy to use.
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Extrasensory Perception (ESP)
Definition
The controversial claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input. Said to include telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.
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Parapsychology
Definition
The study of paranormal phenomena, including ESP and psychokinesis
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