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Visual Perception

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Perception   show
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distal object   show
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show reflected light, soundwaves, molecules, mechanical pressure, vibration  
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show information from medium comes in contact with appropri ate sensory receptors  
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show what you see  
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show a mental representation of a stimulus that is perceived  
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direct perception, template theories, feature-matching theories, recognition by components   show
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show also known as ecological perception  
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show 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   show
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ecological perception   show
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texture gradient   show
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show the situation around you can change how you see things or make decisions  
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template theories   show
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show problem with template theories  
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show 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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show 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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show our brains prioritize seeing the overall shape  
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local precedence effect   show
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recognition by components   show
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constructive perception   show
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show can perceive differences in complex figures faster than simple ones  
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show 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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show perceive letters fasters in words that make sense  
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show individual stores representation of object, independent of its appearance to the viewer (shape of object stays stable across different orientations)  
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show the individual stores the way the object looks to him or her  
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show information is characterized by its relation to a well-known or prominent item  
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show 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   show
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show tendency to see objects that close together as one group  
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Continuity   show
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show perceive objects as forming mirror images about their center  
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show objects on both sides have the same arrangements  
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show objects rotate around a center point  
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show repeat the same objects over same interval  
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show perceiving objects as unchanging (having consistent lightness, color, shape, and size) even as illumination and retinal images change  
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size constancy   show
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shape constancy   show
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show inability to recognize objects  
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ataxia   show
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