AP Psychology Module 16 Words

223697028	Visual Capture	The tendency for vision to dominate the other senses.
223697029	Gestalt	An organized whole. Gestalt psychologists emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes.
223697030	Figure-Ground	The organization of the visual field into objects that stand out from their surroundings.
223697031	Grouping	The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups.
223697032	Depth Perception	The ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are not. Allows us to judge distance.
223697033	Visual Cliff	A laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants and young animals.
223697034	Binocular Cues	Depth cues, such as retinal disparity and convergence, that depend on the use of two eyes.
223697035	Retinal Disparity	A binocular cue for perceiving depth: By comparing images from the two eyeballs, the brain computes distance - the greater the disparity (difference) between the two images, the closer the object.
223697036	Convergence	A binocular cue for perceiving depth; the extent to which the eyes converge inward when looking at an object. The greater the inward strain, the closer the object.
223697037	Monocular Cues	Depth cues, such as interposition and linear perspective, available to either eye alone.
223697038	Phi Phenomenon	An illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession.
223697039	Perceptual Constancy	Perceiving objects as unchanging (having consistent lightness, color, shape, and size) even as illumination and retinal images change.