Unit 4.3 Psychology

Question 0

Figure- ground

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The organization of the visual field into objects that stand out from their surroundings

Question 1

Gestalt

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An organized whole. Gestalt psychologists emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes

Question 2

Grouping

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The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups

Question 3

Depth perception

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The ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional. Allows us to judge distance

Question 4

Visual cliff

Answer 4

A laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants and young animals

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Binocular cues

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Depth cues, such as retinal disparity, that depend on the use of two eyes

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Retinal disparity

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A binocular cue for perceiving depth: by comparing images from the retinas in the two eyes, the brain computes distance- the greater the difference between the two images, the closer the object

Question 7

Monocular cues

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Depth cues, such as interposition and linear perspective, available to either eye alone

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Phi phenomenon

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An illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession

Question 9

Perceptual constancy

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Perceiving objects as unchanged even as illumination and retinal images change

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Color constancy

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Perceiving familiar objects as having a consistent color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths reflected by the object

Question 11

Perceptual adaptation

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In vision, the ability to adjust to an artificially displaced or even inverted visual field