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Chapter 6

Chapter 6. Perception. The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus out of all of those that we are capable of experiencing. selective attention. The tendency for vision to dominate the other senses. visual capture.

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Chapter 6

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  1. Chapter 6 Perception

  2. The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus out of all of those that we are capable of experiencing. selective attention

  3. The tendency for vision to dominate the other senses. visual capture

  4. German word meaning “organized whole.” _______ psychologists emphasize our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes. Gestalt

  5. Refers to the organization of the visual field into two parts: the part which stands out from its surroundings, and the surroundings. figure-ground relationship

  6. The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli in order to arrive at meaningful forms. grouping

  7. The ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; it allows us to judge distance. depth perception

  8. A laboratory device for testing depth perception, especially in infants and young animals. In their experiments, Gibson and Walk found strong evidence that depth perception is a least in part innate. visual cliff

  9. Depth cues that depend on information from both eyes. binocular cues

  10. Depth cues that depend on information from either eye alone. monocular cues

  11. Refers to the differences between the images received by the left eye and the right eye as a result of viewing the world from slightly different angles. retinal disparity

  12. A neuromuscular binocular depth cue based on the extent to which the eyes converge, or turn inward, when looking at near or distant objects. convergence

  13. An illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in succession. phi phenomenon

  14. The perception that objects have consistent lightness, color, shape, and size, even as illumination and retinal images change. perceptual constancy

  15. Refers to our ability to adjust to an artificially displaced or even inverted visual field. (Given distorting lenses, we perceive things accordingly but soon adjust by learning the relationship between our distorted perceptions and the reality.) perceptual adaptation

  16. A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another. perceptual set

  17. Refers to the controversial claim that perception can occur without sensory input. Includes telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition. Extrasensory perception (ESP)

  18. The study of ESP, psychokinesis, and other paranormal forms of interaction between the individual and the environment. parapsychology

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