Psych Lecture #5: Perceiving The World

minus the topics covered in Exam #1 Review flashcards

What are the five main senses?

Vision (sight)

Audition (hearing)

Olfaction (smell)

Gustation (taste)

Somatosensation (touch)

Which of our five main senses is the most dominant?

Vision

Instinct Bias

a bias where natural/dominant behaviors feel so automatic and obvious that we don’t notice or question them

What are three senses other than the main ones?

Nociception (pain)

Thermosensation (temperature)
Proprioception (body position/movement)

Linear Perspective (what is it?)

a drawing technique that makes a 2D drawing appear 3D by using converging lines and vanishing points

The Ponzo Illusion (definition, why does it happen)

a line located on the upper part of a pair of converging lines (that are converging upwards) appears larger than a line that was placed lower on the converging pair, even though the lines are the same size

This happens because the brain perceives the converging lines as going further into the distance the more they converge, causing the line above to be perceived as further away than the line below.

Change Blindness

occurs when we fail to notice large changes in visual detail due to lack of attention