AP Psychology - perception Flashcards
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5442532772 | perception | the process of creating meaningful patterns from raw sensory information | 0 | |
5442535522 | sensation | the experience of sensory stimulation | 1 | |
5442561894 | after image | sense experience that occurs after a visual stimulus has been removed | 2 | |
5442579380 | Depth perception | ability to perceive the world in three dimensions (3D) and the distance of an object. | 3 | |
5442586299 | Aerial perspective | objects that are near seem crisper and clear and further away seem blurrier | 4 | |
5442591977 | Interposition | when an object blocks another object, it appears closer | 5 | |
5442593877 | Linear perspective | two parallel lines appear to come together in the distance | 6 | |
5442596165 | Motion parallax | we view objects that are closer to us as moving faster than objects that are further away from us. | 7 | |
5442597984 | Relative size | things closer will appear larger | 8 | |
5442601597 | Relative height | We perceive objects higher in our field of vision as farther away. Because we perceive the lower part of a figure-ground illustration as closer, we perceive it as a figure. | 9 | |
5442605177 | Texture gradient | A gradual change from a coarse, distinct texture to a fine, indistinct texture signals increasing distance. | 10 | |
5442607123 | Light and shadow | If you're looking at something closer, it will reflect more light than an object farther away. | 11 | |
5442613730 | monocular cues | visual cues requiring the use of one eye | 12 | |
5442618097 | binocular cues | visual cues requiring the use of both eyes | 13 | |
5442623438 | Retinal disparity | the way that your left eye and your right eye view slightly different images. | 14 | |
5442627333 | Convergence | suggests how the lines of vision from each eye converge at different angles on objects at different differences. | 15 | |
5442648675 | figure ground | animals that can camouflage is an example of destroying this. | 16 | |
5443278527 | Gestalt theory of closure | ![]() | 17 | |
5443283685 | Gestalt theory of similarity | ![]() | 18 | |
5443290954 | Gestalt theory of continuity | ![]() | 19 | |
5443301730 | Gestalt theory of proximity | ![]() | 20 | |
5443766480 | telepethy | knowledge of someone else's thoughts or feelings | 21 | |
5443776930 | clairvoyance | awareness of an unknown object | 22 | |
5443779761 | precognition | knowledge of future events | 23 |