AP Psychology - perception Flashcards

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