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Q: What is change blindness?
Failure to notice changes in the environment due to inattention.
Q: What is apparent movement?
The perception of movement when objects aren't actually moving.
Q: What are visual perceptual constancies?
Perceptions of objects stay the same even when the visual image changes.
Q: What do monocular depth cues help with?
They create the illusion of depth on flat surfaces using one eye.
Q: What is the cocktail party effect?
The ability to focus on important info (like your name) in a noisy setting.
Q: What are binocular depth cues?
Depth perception from both eyes using retinal disparity and convergence.
Q: What is retinal disparity?
The difference between each eye’s image used to perceive depth.
Q: What is convergence?
The brain merging images from both eyes to perceive depth.
Q: What is Gestalt psychology known for?
Explaining how we organize perception using principles like closure and proximity.
Q: What are examples of Gestalt principles?
Closure, figure and ground, proximity, and similarity.
Q: What is bottom-up processing?
Perception starting from sensory input.
Q: What is top-down processing?
Perception shaped by expectations and prior knowledge.
Q: What are schemas and perceptual sets?
Mental frameworks that filter how we perceive the world.
Q: What influences attention?
Both internal and external processes.
Q: How do context and culture affect perception
They act as external filters shaping how we interpret sensory input.