Intro. Psych. Ch. 9

Front 1

The selectivity we use to process sensations

Back 1

attention

Front 2

Processes of vision that require both eyes.

Back 2

binocular cues

Front 3

A model asserting that we have biological limitations to the amount of stimulation we can process.

Back 3

bottleneck model

Front 4

A model operating on the principle that we have psychological limitations that determine the amount of stimulation to which we can attend.

Back 4

capacity model

Front 5

Perception of remote events in time or space; a type of extrasensory perception.

Back 5

clairvoyance

Front 6

Completing figures that contain gaps to create a whole object or image.

Back 6

closure

Front 7

The notion that if we are aware of an object's color, than we will continue to percieve the object as that color despite actual changes in lighting that cause the object to appear to be a different color.

Back 7

color constancy

Front 8

Perceiving spots, lines, or areas as a single unit when uniformed & linked.

Back 8

connectedness

Front 9

Perceiving smooth continuous patterns rather than discontinuous ones.

Back 9

continuity

Front 10

The ability to differentiate something from the other stimuli surrounding it.

Back 10

contrast

Front 11

A muscular cue that determines the extent to which the eye turns inward.

Back 11

convergence

Front 12

The ability to see objects in three dimensions, which allow us to estimate their distance from us.

Back 12

depth perception

Front 13

A focal point discernible from its surroundings.

Back 13

figure

Front 14

The background or surrounding area around a figure.

Back 14

ground

Front 15

Phenomena that occur when one's perception of a stimulus differ significantly from the actual properties of the stimulus.

Back 15

illusions

Front 16

The predisposed way in which we percieve something.

Back 16

mental set

Front 17

Processes of vision that are obtained by each eye seperately.

Back 17

monocular cues

Front 18

An element of attention through which we position our sense organs to maximize our ability to process stimuli.

Back 18

orientation

Front 19

The field that attempts to use scientific methods to study extrasensory perception & additional ways in which human consciousness is claimed to be able to interact with the physical world.

Back 19

parapsychology

Front 20

Processing sensations so that they can be understood cognitively.

Back 20

perception

Front 21

The ability to see objects as unchanging, even if illumination & retinal changes occur.

Back 21

perceptual constancy

Front 22

The phenomenon that occurs when a person's belief or expectation influences his or her perception;

Back 22

perceptual set

Front 23

Perception of future events; a type of extrasensory perception.

Back 23

precognition

Front 24

Grouping nearby figures together.

Back 24

proximity

Front 25

The assuption that if two objects are similar in size, we perceive the one that casts the similar image on the retina as farther away.

Back 25

relative size

Front 26

Binocular cue that allows us to determine the distance of an object by the differences in the images produced by each eye.

Back 26

retinal disparity

Front 27

The process of prioritizing some stimuli over others & ignoring the low-priority stimuli.

Back 27

selective attention

Front 28

Grouping similar figures together.

Back 28

similarity

Front 29

Mind-to-mind communication; a type of extrasensory perception.

Back 29

telepathy

Front 30

The ability to discriminate between images or objects.

Back 30

visual acuity