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Psychology Eighth Edition by David G. Myers

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show the focusing on conscious awareness on a particular stimulus, like the cocktail theory.  
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Cocktail Party Effect   show
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Inattentional Blindness   show
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Visual Capture   show
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Gestalt   show
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show the organization of the visual field into objects (the figures) that stand out from their surroundings (the ground).  
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Grouping   show
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Proximity   show
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Similarity   show
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show We perceive smooth, continuous patters rather than discontinued ones. We see a straight and wavy line instead of a straight line and half circles.  
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Connectedness   show
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show We fill in the gaps to create a complete, whole image.  
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show the ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows us to judge distance.  
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Binocular Cues   show
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Retinal Disparity   show
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Convergence   show
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show depth cues, such as interposition and linear perspective, available to either eye alone.  
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show If we assume that two objects are similar in size, we perceive the one that casts the smaller retinal image as farther away.  
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Interposition   show
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show Because light from distant objects passes through more atmosphere, we perceive hazy objects as farther away than sharp, clear objects.  
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Texture Gradient   show
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Relative Height   show
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show As we move, objects that are actually stable may appear to move. The ground when in a car looks like its racing by, but looking straight ahead, the time doesn’t seem as bad.  
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Linear Perspective   show
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Light and Shadow   show
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Motion Perception   show
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Phi Phenomenon   show
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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   show
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Shape   show
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show given an objects perceived distance and the size of its image on our retinas, we instantly and unconsciously infer the objects size. (the moon)  
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show we perceive an object as having a constant lightness even while its illumination varies.  
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show Insight, intuition, or knowledge gained by perceiving.  
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show is the deliberate reduction or removal of stimuli from one or more of the senses.  
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show in vision, the ability to adjust to an artificially displaced or even inverted visual field.  
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Perceptual Set   show
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show a given stimulus may trigger radically different perceptions, partly because of our differing schemas, but also because of the immediate context. Ex. Given “eel on a wagon” you would actually perceive the word as wheel, if given “eel an orange”  
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