Psychology

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parapsychology

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The study of paranormal phenomenon, including ESP and psychokinesis.

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extrasensory perception (esp)

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The controversial claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input. Said to include telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.

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human factors psychology

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A branch of psychology that explores how people and machines interact and how machines and physical environments can be adapted to human behaviors.

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perceptual set

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A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another.

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perceptual adaptation

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In vision, the ability to adjust to artificially displaced or even inverted visual field.

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perceptual constancy

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Perceiving objects as unchanging (having consistent lightness, color, shape, and size) even as illumination and retinal images change.

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phi phenomenon

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An illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in succession.

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convergence

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A binocular cue for perceiving depth; the extent to which the eyes converge inward when looking at an object.

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retinal disparity

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A binocular cue for perceiving depth: By comparing images from the two eyeballs, the brain computes distance--the greater the disparity (difference) between the images, the closer the object.

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monocular cues

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Distance cues, such as linear perceptive and overlap,available to either eye alone.

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binocular cues

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Depth cues, such as retinal disparity and convergence that depend on the use of two eyes.

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visual cliff

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A laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants and young animals.

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depth perception

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The ability to see objects in three dimension, although the image that strikes the retina are two dimensional; allows us to judge distance.

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grouping

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The perceptual tendancy to organize stimuli into coherent groups.

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figure-ground

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The organization of the visual field into objects (the figures) that stand out from their surroundings (the ground).

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gestalt

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An organized whole. Gestalt psychologists emphasize our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes.

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Visual capture

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The tendency for vision to dominate the other senses.

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selective attention

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The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular to stimulus, as in the cocktail party effect.