Psych Ch. 7 Section 2 (Perception Of Objects)

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Figure

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A visual stimulus that is perceived as an object

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Ground

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a visual stimulus that is perceived as a background against which objects are seen

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Law of Proximity

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A Gestalt law of perceptual organization; elements located closest to one another are perceived as belonging to the same figure

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Law of similarity

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a Gesalt law of perceptual organization; similar elements are perceived as belonging to the same figure (dimond of circles within the Xs)

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Law of good continuation

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A Gesalt law of perceptual organization; given two or more possible interpretations of the elements the form the outline of a figure, the brain will adopt the simplest interpretation will be preferred.

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Law of closure

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A Gesalt law of perceptual organization; elements missing from the outline of a figure are “filled in” by the visual system

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Law of common fate

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A Gesalt law of perceptual organization; elements that move together give rise to the perception of a particular figure.

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Templates

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A hypothetical pattern that is stored in the nervous system and is used to perceive objects or shapes by a process of comparison

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Prototypes

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A hypothetical idealized pattern that resides in the nervous system and is used to perceive objects or shapes (generality)

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Distinctive features

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Physical characteristics of an object that help distinguish it from other objects (way which visual system decodes images)

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geons

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Tachistoscope

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A devise that can present visual stimuli for (usually very brief) durations of time

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kitchen analogy

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Bottom-up processing

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Perception based on successive analyses of the details of the stimuli

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Top-down processing

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Perception based on information provided by the context in which a particular stimulus is encountered