perception Flashcards
chapter 2.5
perception vs sensation
process of being aware of word aroung you (integrated info)
sensation is the process of obtaining sensory information (raw info)
bottom up and top down processing
bottom up - uses small feautures (when unfamiliar and complex)
top down - uses big picture (relies on previous information)
percieves objects that arent really there
face pareidolia
seeing faces that arent there
perceptual organization
structure sensory information as a whole
parvocellular vs magnocellular
constancy
we percieve certain aspects of an object to be the same despite changes in stimuli and environment
gestalt principles as a whole state that we have a tendency to
tendency to perceive objects as a whole
law of proximity
percieve objects close to one another as a group
law of similarity
our tendency to percieve or group similar objects together
law of good continuation
tendency to percieve good continous patterns
percieve as two smooth unbroken intersecting lines rather than two v shapes in the middle
subjective contours
percieving contours that are not actually present
law of closure
our brains fill in missing parts for an image and we percieve it as a whole
