Psych Unit 2 Part 1 Vocab

Define Autokinetic effect

• The illusory movement of a still spot of light in a dark room.

• A depth cue, such as retinal disparity, that depends on the use of two eyes.

• Perceiving familiar objects as having consistent color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths reflected by the object.

• Narrowing the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution.

Define Binocular cue

• A depth cue, such as retinal disparity, that depends on the use of two eyes.

• Perceiving familiar objects as having consistent color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths reflected by the object.

• Narrowing the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution.

• Failing to notice changes in the environment; a form of inattentional blindness

Define Color constancy

• The ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows us to judge distance

• Failing to notice changes in the environment; a form of inattentional blindness

• Narrowing the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution.

• Perceiving familiar objects as having consistent color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths reflected by the object.

Define Convergence

• The organization of the visual field into objects that stands out from their surroundings.

• The ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows us to judge distance

• Failing to notice changes in the environment; a form of inattentional blindness

• A cue to nearby objects' distance, enabled by the brain combining retinal images

Define Change blindness

• The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups

• Perceiving familiar objects as having consistent color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths reflected by the object.

• Failing to notice changes in the environment; a form of inattentional blindness

• Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere

Define Depth perception

• The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups

• An organized whole. Gestalt psychologist emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes.

• The organization of the visual field into objects that stands out from their surroundings.

• The ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows us to judge distance

Define Figure-ground

• The organization of the visual field into objects that stands out from their surroundings.

• An organized whole. Gestalt psychologist emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes.

• The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups

• A depth cue, such as interposition or linear perspective, available to either eye alone

Define Gestalt

• The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups

• An organized whole. Gestalt psychologist emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes.

• Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere

• A depth cue, such as interposition or linear perspective, available to either eye alone

Define Grouping

• A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another.

• A depth cue, such as interposition or linear perspective, available to either eye alone

• Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere

• The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups

Define Inattentional blindness

• Failing to notice changes in the environment; a form of inattentional blindness

• Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

• Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere

• A depth cue, such as retinal disparity, that depends on the use of two eyes.