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Vocab VI

Psychology

QuestionAnswer
Selective Attention The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus, as in the Cocktail Party Effect
Visual Capture The tendency for vision to dominate other senses
Gestalt An organized whole
Figure Ground The organization of the visual field into objects that stand out from their surroundings
Grouping The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups
Depth Perception The ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two dimensional
Visual Cliff A laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants and young animals
Binocular Cues Depth cues, such as retinal disparity and convergence, that depend on the use of two eyes
Monocular Cues Distance cues, such as linear perspective and overlap, available to either eye alone; By comparing images from the two eyeballs, the brain computes distance
Retinal Disparity A binocular cue for perceiving depth
Convergence A binocular cue for perceiving depth; the extent to which eyes converge inward when looking at an object
Phi Phenomenon An illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in succession
Perceptual Constancy Perceiving objects as unchanging even as illumination and retinal images change
Perceptual Adaptation In vision, the ability to adjust to an artificially displaced or even inverted visual field
Perceptual Set A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another
Human Factors Psychology A branch of psychology that explores how people and machines interact and how machines and physical environments can be adapted to human behaviors
Extrasensory Perception The controversial claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input
Parapsychology The study of paranormal phenomena, including ESP and psychokinesis
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