psychological

Question 1

perception

Answer 1

when the brain uses sensory stimuli to make sense of the world

Question 2

influence of schemas

Answer 2

past experiences influence current perception

Question 3

top down processing

Answer 3

perceptions start with general and move toward specific

Question 4

selective attention

Answer 4

focusing conscious awareness on a stimulus to the exclusion of others

Question 5

cocktail phenomenon

Answer 5

ability to attend to only one voice among many blocking out the others

Question 6

inattentional blindness

Answer 6

failure to see visible objects when our attention is directed toward stimulus

Question 7

change blindness

Answer 7

failure to notice something is different

Question 8

figure ground

Answer 8

perceiving an object as distinct from its surroundings

Question 9

proximity

Answer 9

we group nearby figures together

Question 10

similarity

Answer 10

we group things together that are similar

Question 11

continuity

Answer 11

tend to continue shapes beyond their ending points

Question 12

connectedness

Answer 12

if two objects are touching we perceive them as a single unit

Question 13

common fate

Answer 13

tend to group together that share a common motion or destincation

Question 14

closure

Answer 14

our brains fill in gaps to create a whole complete object

Question 15

retinal disparity

Answer 15

eyes see two different angles of same object
brain tunes those angles into one

Question 16

convergence

Answer 16

as an object gets closer the muscles in your eyes come together

Question 17

relative size

Answer 17

closer appears larger
farther appears smaller

Question 18

interposition

Answer 18

closer is blocking
distant is being blocked

Question 19

relative clarity

Answer 19

closer appears Clearer
distant appears blurry

Question 20

texture gradient

Answer 20

closer shows more detail
distant shows less detail

Question 21

relative height

Answer 21

closer is lower in visual field
distant is higher in visual field

Question 22

linear perspective

Answer 22

closer lines diverge
farther lines converge

Question 23

motion parallax

Answer 23

closer object appears faster

Question 24

stroboscopic movement

Answer 24

series of still pictures moving frantically

Question 25

phi phenomenon

Answer 25

lights flashing in a series/sequence (loading)

Question 26

auto kinetic effect

Answer 26

stationary small point of light in an otherwise dark or featureless environment seems to move

Question 27

shape constancy

Answer 27

shape remains same even if angle changes

Question 28

size constancy

Answer 28

object size remains even if distance changes