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Visual Perception

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Perception   set of processes by which we recognize, organize, and make sense of the sensations we receive from the environmental stimuli.  
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distal object   object in the external world  
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informational medium   reflected light, soundwaves, molecules, mechanical pressure, vibration  
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proximal stimulation   information from medium comes in contact with appropri ate sensory receptors  
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perceptual objects   what you see  
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mental percept   a mental representation of a stimulus that is perceived  
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direct perception, template theories, feature-matching theories, recognition by components   types of bottom-up theories  
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Direct Perception   also known as ecological perception  
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Direct Perception   the information in our sensory receptors, including the sen sory context, is all we need to perceive anything  
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sufficient contextual information   this exists to make perceptual information  
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ecological perception   this occurs in everyday word  
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texture gradient   the distortion in size which closer objects have compared to objects farther away  
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context effects   the situation around you can change how you see things or make decisions  
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template theories   we have stored in our minds sets of templates and the goal is to find a perfect match  
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failed of explain the perception of letters   problem with template theories  
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feature-matching theories   attempt to match features of a pattern to features stored in memory, rather than to match a whole pattern to a template or a prototype.  
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pandemonium model   suggests that our brains recognize things by breaking them down into smaller parts and combing the information from those parts to make sense of what we see  
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global precedence effect   our brains prioritize seeing the overall shape  
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local precedence effect   our brains pay more attention to the smaller details first  
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recognition by components   a theory stating that object recognition occurs by representing each object as a combination of basic units (geons) that make up that object; we recognize an object by the relation of its geons  
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constructive perception   also known as intelligent perception. it perceives sensory information and higher order of thinking  
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configural superiority effect   can perceive differences in complex figures faster than simple ones  
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object superiority effect   a target line that forms a part of a drawing of a 3-D object is identified more accurately than a target that forms a part of a disconnected 2-D pattern  
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word superiority effect   perceive letters fasters in words that make sense  
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object-centered   individual stores representation of object, independent of its appearance to the viewer (shape of object stays stable across different orientations)  
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viewer-centered   the individual stores the way the object looks to him or her  
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landmark-centered   information is characterized by its relation to a well-known or prominent item  
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Law of Pragnanz   says that we tend to perceive any visual array in a way that most simply organizes the different elements into a sable and coherent form  
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Figure-Ground   the tendency to perceive objects, or figures, as existing on a background  
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Proximity   tendency to see objects that close together as one group  
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Continuity   we perceive smooth, continuous patterns rather than discontinuous ones  
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Symmetry   perceive objects as forming mirror images about their center  
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reflection symmetry   objects on both sides have the same arrangements  
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radial symmetry   objects rotate around a center point  
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translational symmetry   repeat the same objects over same interval  
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perceptual constancy   perceiving objects as unchanging (having consistent lightness, color, shape, and size) even as illumination and retinal images change  
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size constancy   objects remains the same size despite changes in the size of the proximal stimulus  
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shape constancy   objects remains the same shape despite changes in the shape of the proximal stimulus  
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agnosia   inability to recognize objects  
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ataxia   inability to perform coordinated movements  
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