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Perception
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Psychology
12th Grade
05/04/2014

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Term
Is depth perception innate or learned?
Definition
It is partially innate and partially learned.
Term
relative motion
Definition
near objects seem to move by faster than distant ones.
Term
figure (part of a visual scene)
Definition
the object more focused on in a visual scene.
Term
ground (part of a visual scene)Think 'background'.
Definition
the object paid less attention to in a visual scene.
Term
Monocular cue for depths include? (think opposite of binoculars.)
Definition
Convergence
Term
inductive reasoning is to ' '
as deductive reasoning is to ' '
Definition
bottom-up processing
top-down processing
Term
top- down processing (think Sherlock when he deduces someone)
Definition
deductive reasoning. From the general to the specific.
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bottom-up processing (think of describing a good friend from the feet up)
Definition
inductive reasoning. Going from the specific to the general.
Term
Gestalt organizations of perception
Definition
closure, nearness, similarity, and continuation.
Term
closure is...? (just how it sounds. it closes what in perception?)
Definition
tendency to fill in gaps in the perception of a figure
Term
psychokinesis
Definition
allows a person the ability to a physical system without touching it.
Term
XOXOXOXOX which Gestalt organization
XOXOXOXOX principle is this?
XOXOXOXOX
Definition
similarity
Term
size constancy
Definition
to perceive two identical things as still identical even if one if farther away.
Term
retinal disparity allows the eyes to do what?
Definition
use binocular vision to create depth perception.
Term
Putting together a picture puzzle you've never solved before is ' ' processing
Definition
bottom-up processing
Term
accommodation for bodily depth cues is triggered by changes of shape in what part of the eye?
Definition
the lens
Term
parapsychology
Definition
study of physic phenomena
Term
contiguity (think 'lip-syncing')
Definition
state of bordering something. In this case, perceiving two different events as bordering each other.
Term
boiled frog syndrome. (think of domestic abuse relationships)
Definition
people don't become concerned about something they perceive if it gradually starts revealing itself as bad.
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similarity (Gestalt principle of perception)
Definition
to group similar looking objects together
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telepathy (think of a telephone in your head)
Definition
the ability to read another person's mind.
Term
human infants perceive depth perception at what age?
Definition
six months
Term
motion parallax (why closer things move faster than things farther away)
Definition
direction of an object tends to differ depending on its position.
Term
what are depth cues?
Definition
messages from the body/enviro that supplies info about distance and space
Term
linear perspective is a ' 'cular cue
Definition
monocular
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hallucination
Definition
experiencing false sensory information from the external world
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