Psychology Ch.3.3 Vocab

Front 1

Information processing that emphasizes the importance of sensory receptors in detecting the basic features of a stimulus in the process of recognizing a whole pattern; analysis that moves from the parts to the whole.

Back 1

bottom-up processing

also called

data-driven processing

Front 2

Information processing that emphasizes the importance of the observer's knowledge, expectations, and other cognitive processes in arriving aat meaningful perceptions; analysis that moves from the whole to the parts.

Back 2

top-down processing

also called

conceptually driven processing

Front 3

A school of psychology founded in Germany in the early 1900's that maintained that our sensations are actively processed according to consistent perceptual rules that result in meaningful whole perceptions, or _gestalts_.

Back 3

Gestalt psychology

Front 4

Perception of infomation by some means other than through the normal processes of sensation.

Back 4

ESP (extrasensory perception)

Front 5

The scientific invesigation of claims of paranormal pehnomena and abilities.

Back 5

parapsychology

Front 6

A Gestalt principle of perceptual organization that states that we automatically separate the elements of a perception into the feature that clearly stands out (the figure) and its less distinct background (the ground).

Back 6

figure-ground relationship

Front 7

The use of visual cues to percieve the distance or three-dimensional characteristics of objects.

Back 7

depth perception

Front 8

Distance or depth cues that can be processed by either eye alone.

Back 8

monocular cues

Front 9

Distance or depth cues that require the use of both eyes.

Back 9

binocular cues