Lecture 20 Flashcards
Individual Differences (6 cards)
1
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What is protanopia?
A
Red colour blindness due to missing or defective L-cones.
2
Q
What is prosopagnosia?
A
Face blindness; inability to recognise familiar faces.
3
Q
What is the critical period for speech perception?
A
Early life stage when phoneme discrimination develops.
4
Q
What is the framed-line test?
A
Test showing cultural differences in visual attention (absolute vs relative length).
5
Q
What is social phobia linked to in perception?
A
Hypervigilance to threat and gaze avoidance.
6
Q
What is the other-race effect in face perception?
A
Better recognition of faces from one’s own race.
