AP Psychology: Unit 2: Cognition Vocabulary

What term describes the illusion that a stationary object is moving?

• apparent movement
• attention
• cognition
• perception
• schema

What cognitive process involves focusing on specific stimuli while ignoring others?

• attention
• change blindness
• top-down processing
• schema
• perceptual constancy

What type of depth cues require both eyes to perceive depth?

• binocular depth cues
• monocular depth cues
• linear perspective
• texture gradient
• relative clarity

What kind of processing begins with sensory input and builds up to perception?

• bottom-up processing
• top-down processing
• selective attention
• schema
• perception

What term refers to the failure to notice a change in a visual stimulus?

• change blindness
• inattentional blindness
• closure
• grouping
• context

Which Gestalt principle involves seeing complete figures even when part of the information is missing?

• closure
• similarity
• proximity
• interposition
• context

What phenomenon describes the ability to focus on one voice in a noisy environment?

• cocktail party effect
• selective inattention
• relative clarity
• schema
• convergence

What is the term for all mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, and remembering?

• cognition
• attention
• perception
• perceptual set
• closure

Which factor involves the situation or environment that can affect perception?

• context
• expectations
• schema
• proximity
• visual perceptual processes

Which binocular cue involves the inward movement of the eyes to focus on close objects?

• convergence
• retinal disparity
• linear perspective
• texture gradient
• relative size