AP PSYCHOLOGY PERCEPTION Flashcards

5744827005	Gestalt principles	Principles that describe the top-down processing that organizes sensory information into distinct forms (nearness, similarity, common region, closure, continuity, figure & ground).	0
5744828265	proximal stimuli	The stimulus energies that impinge directly on sensory receptors.	1
5744829379	distal stimuli	Stimuli that lie in the distance (that is, in the world outside the body).	2
5744830862	perceptual constancies	tendency to perceive objects as stable and unchanging despite changing sensory info (size, shape, brightness, color)	3
5744831334	depth perception	the ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows us to judge distance	4
5744831916	monocular cues	depth cues, such as interposition and linear perspective, available to either eye alone	5
5744832370	binocular cues	depth cues, such as retinal disparity, that depend on the use of two eyes	6
5744832890	visual cliff	a laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants and young animals	7
5744833781	apparent motion	the perception of movement as a result of alternating signals appearing in rapid succession in different locations	8
5744834726	bottom up processing	analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brain's integration of sensory information	9
5744835157	top down processing	information processing guided by higher-level mental processes, as when we construct perceptions drawing on our experience and expectations	10
5744835650	perceptual set	a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another	11
5744836115	selective attention	The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus	12
5744836823	dichotic listening	A task in which people wearing headphones hear different messages presented to each ear.	13
5744837632	cocktail party effect	ability to attend to only one voice among many	14