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| How we assemble sensation into meaningful patterns; occurs at the level of the brain-driven by Gestalt theory) |
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| 3 questions to process information... |
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1)What is it?
2)How far away is it?
3)Where is it going? |
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| 2 ways of processing information... |
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1)Bottom-up (data-driven processing)- Analyzing information starts at the bottom and goes upward to form a complete perception
2)Top-down (conceptually driven)- Pre-existing knowledge that is used to rapidly organize features into a meaningful whole |
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| Perceptual Grouping is based on what theory? |
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| Figure-Ground Organization |
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| Inborn; part of a stimulus stands out as an object (figure) against a plainer background (ground) |
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| Figure and ground that can be reversed |
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| Gestalt Principles of Organization |
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-Nearness
-Common Region
-Similarity |
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| The Law of Pragnanz (Gestalt Principles) |
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| Perceptions lean toward simplicity and consistency |
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| Closure (Gestalt Principles) |
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| Tendency to complete a figure so that it has a consistent overall form |
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| Mismatch of info that converges into one image |
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| We get used to our environment to the point where we don't notice small changes anymore. Boiled Frog Syndrome |
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| Based on CULTURAL environment! Two equal length lines tipped inward or outward pointing V's appear to be different lengths. Occurs because of "carpeted societies" |
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| What is perception without sensation? |
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| ESP (Extrasensory Perception) |
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| Ability to perceive events in ways that cannot be explained by known capacities of sensory organs |
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| ESP has not been scientifically demonstrated; just for show |
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