AP Psychology - perception Flashcards

5592417830	perception	the process of creating meaningful patterns from raw sensory information	0
5592417831	sensation	the experience of sensory stimulation	1
5592417832	after image	sense experience that occurs after a visual stimulus has been removed	2
5592417833	Depth perception	ability to perceive the world in three dimensions (3D) and the distance of an object.	3
5592417834	Aerial perspective	objects that are near seem crisper and clear and further away seem blurrier	4
5592417835	Interposition	when an object blocks another object, it appears closer	5
5592417836	Linear perspective	two parallel lines appear to come together in the distance	6
5592417837	Motion parallax	we view objects that are closer to us as moving faster than objects that are further away from us.	7
5592417838	Relative size	things closer will appear larger	8
5592417839	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
5592417840	Texture gradient	A gradual change from a coarse, distinct texture to a fine, indistinct texture signals increasing distance.	10
5592417841	Light and shadow	If you're looking at something closer, it will reflect more light than an object farther away.	11
5592417842	monocular cues	visual cues requiring the use of one eye	12
5592417843	binocular cues	visual cues requiring the use of both eyes	13
5592417844	Retinal disparity	the way that your left eye and your right eye view slightly different images.	14
5592417845	Convergence	suggests how the lines of vision from each eye converge at different angles on objects at different differences.	15
5592417846	figure ground	animals that can camouflage is an example of destroying this.	16
5592417847	Gestalt theory of closure		17
5592417848	Gestalt theory of similarity		18
5592417849	Gestalt theory of continuity		19
5592417850	Gestalt theory of proximity		20
5592417851	telepathy	knowledge of someone else's thoughts or feelings	21
5592417852	clairvoyance	awareness of an unknown object	22
5592417853	precognition	knowledge of future events	23