Perceptual Distortions (Chapter 9)

Question 1

perceptual distortions

Answer 1

an error in the judgement or the interpretation of sensory stimuli

Question 2

fallibility

Answer 2

the quality of being prone to error or experiencing difficulties in judgment

Question 3

visual illusions

Answer 3

is the perception of a visual stimulus that conflicts with how it is in physical reality

Question 4

common sources of visual illusions

Answer 4

something in our external environment.
something physiological
something psychological

Question 5

what is the muller lyre illusion

Answer 5

is the illusion of two equal length lines one line has arrowheads while the other line has feather tails, the line with the feathers tail is perceived as being longer than the line with arrowheads.

Question 6

what is the Ames room illusion

Answer 6

is a trapezium shaped room one side is much higher and longer than the other when it is viewed through a peep hole it is perceived as being rectangular

Question 7

agnosia

Answer 7

a disorder involving the loss or impairment of the ability to recognize familiar stimuli through the use of one or more senses, despite the senses functioning normally otherwise.

Question 8

visual agnosia

Answer 8

is the loss or impairment of the ability to recognize visual stimuli

Question 9

what is appreciative visual agnosia

Answer 9

appreciative visual agnosia is related to people who have lesions in the parietal and occipital lobes they are unable to, process or perceive certain stimuli, recognize stimulus, to draw or copy a drawing of a stimulus and unable to name the stimulus in the drawing

Question 10

what is associated visual agnosia

Answer 10

is related to people that have lesions in the temporal lobe they are able to, process and perceive certain stimuli, draw or copy a drawing of a stimulus however they are unable to name the stimulus in the drawing and are also unable to translate perception into recognition.

Question 11

prosopagnosia

Answer 11

involves an inability to recognize the faces of familiar people

Question 12

some causes of agnosia

Answer 12

dementia
development disorder
overexposure to an environmental toxin (e.g. carbon monoxide)
stroke or traumatic brain injury

Question 13

miraculin

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Answer 13

a protein found in the pulp of a miracle berry that can be used to modify how we perceive taste

Question 14

supertasters

Answer 14

people that have a lower threshold for taste stimuli and a higher number of tastebuds, females are more likely to develop

Question 15

factors that affect judgment of flavour

Answer 15

perceptual set
colour
texture

Question 16

synesthesia

Answer 16

a perceptual phenomenon characterised by the experience of unusual perception in one sensory system after another sensory system has been activated.

Question 17

characteristics of synesthesia

Answer 17

is automatic and cannot be controlled
generally experienced as a one way process
usually consistent
unique to the individual
relatively common.

Question 18

spatial neglect

Answer 18

an inability to perceive, report, or orient sensory info located within one side of space.