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| proces by which the brain integrates, organizes and interprets senory impressions to create representations of the world |
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| tendency for perceptions to be influenced by ones expectations or preconceptions |
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| principle that objects that are near each oher will be perceived as belonging to a common set |
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| perceptual principlethat people ten to piece together disconnteced bits of information to perceive whole forms |
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| tendency to percive the size, shape, color, and brightness of an object as remaining the same even when the image it casts on the retina changes |
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| tendency to perceieve an object as haing the same size despite changes in the images it casts on the retina as the viewingdistance changes |
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| cues for depth that involve both eyes, such as retinal disparity and convergence |
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| bincular cue for distance based on the degree of tsion required to focus two eyes on the same object |
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| type of apparent movement based on the rapid succesion of still iamges, as in motion pictures |
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| attempt to explain the Muller-Lyer illusion in terms of the cultural experience of living in a carpentered, right-angled world like our own |
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| study of paranormal phenomena |
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| ability to foretell the future |
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| process by which we attend to meaningful stimuli and filter out irrelevant or extraneous stimuli |
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| mode of perceptual processing by which the brain recognizes meaningful atters by piecing together bits and pieces of senory informaion |
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| principle that objects that are similar will be perceived as belonging to the same group |
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| principle that objects positioned together or moving together will be perceived as belonging to the same group |
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| tendency to perceive an object as having the same shape despite differences in the images it casts on the retina as the viewer`s perspective changes |
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| tendency to perceive an object as having the same coor despite changes in lighting conditions |
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| cues for depths that can be perceived by each eye alone, such as relative size and interposition |
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| misperceptions of visual stimuli |
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| communication of thoughts from one mind to another that occurs without using the known senses |
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| ability to move objects by mental effort alon |
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| reduction in the strength of a response to a repeated stimulus |
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| mode of perceptual processing by which the brain identifies patterns as meaningful wholes rather tahn as piecemeal constructions |
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| principle that a series of stimuli will be perceived as presenting a unified form |
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| tendency o perceive objects as retaining their birghtness even when they are viewed in dim light |
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| binocular cue for distance based on the slight differences in the visual impressions formed in both eyes |
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| type of apparent movement created by the rapid switching on and off of columns of lights |
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| perception that occurs without benefit of the known senses |
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| ability to perceive objects and events without using the known senses |
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