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Myers PSYCHOLOGY 5th Ed

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Myers PSYCHOLOGY 5th Ed

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    1. Myers’ PSYCHOLOGY (5th Ed) Chapter 6 Perception James A. McCubbin, PhD Clemson University Worth Publishers

    2. Perception Selective Attention focus of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

    3. Perceptual Organization- Gestalt Visual Capture tendency for vision to dominate the other senses Grouping the perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups

    4. Perceptual Organization- Gestalt Gestalt- an organized whole tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes Grouping Principles proximity- group nearby figures together similarity- group figures that are similar continuity- perceive continuous patterns closure- fill in gaps connectedness- spots, lines and areas are seen as unit when connected

    6. Perceptual Organization- Gestalt Groupings

    8. Perceptual Organization-Depth Perception Depth Perception ability to see objects in three dimensions allows us to judge distance Binocular cues retinal disparity images from the two eyes differ closer the object, the larger the disparity convergence neuromuscular cue two eyes move inward for near objects

    9. Perceptual Organization-Depth Perception Monocular Cues relative size smaller image is more distant interposition closer object blocks distant object relative clarity hazy object seen as more distant texture coarse --> close fine --> distant

    10. Perceptual Organization-Depth Perception

    11. Perceptual Organization-Depth Perception

    12. Perceptual Organization-Depth Perception

    13. Perceptual Organization-Depth Perception Monocular Cues (cont.) relative height higher objects seen as more distant relative motion closer objects seem to move faster linear perspective parallel lines converge with distance relative brightness closer objects appear brighter

    14. Perceptual Organization-Depth Perception

    16. Perceptual Organization

    17. Perceptual Organization-Muller-Lyer Illusion

    18. Perceptual Organization- Size-Distance Relationship

    19. Perceptual Organization- Size-Distance Relationship

    20. Perceptual Organization-Brightness Contrast

    21. Sensory Restriction- Blakemore & Cooper, 1970 Kittens raised without exposure to horizontal lines later had difficulty perceiving horizontal bars.

    22. Perceptual Interpretation Perceptual Adaptation (vision) ability to adjust to an artificially displaced visual field prism glasses Perceptual Set a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another

    23. Perceptual Set- Schemas What you see in the center is influenced by perceptual set

    24. Perceptual Set- Schemas

    25. Perception without Sensation? Extrasensory Perception controversial claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input telepathy clairvoyance precognition Parapsychology the study of paranormal phenomena ESP psychokinesis

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