Ways of Processing/Organizing Info
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Includes Gestalt Theories
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Bottom-Up Processing
= understanding details first then putting them together to get the entire stimulus
* relies on pattern recognition and template matching
ex. beginner reader sounding out words then putting them together
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Cuh-Ah-Tuh = CAT
* relies on pattern recognition and template matching
ex. beginner reader sounding out words then putting them together
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Cuh-Ah-Tuh = CAT
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Feature Detectors
Neurons in brain that responds to very specific lines, angles, arcs, etc.
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Template
= mental blueprint held in memory
* to recognize incoming stimuli, you compare it to template in your memory until it matches
* to recognize incoming stimuli, you compare it to template in your memory until it matches
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Top-Down Processing
= understanding the big picture first then filling in the gaps with details
* uses prior knowledge to help identifiy stimulus (expectations, beliefs, etc.)
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ex. reading and not noticing a typo because you already fixed it in your head due to expectations of the word should have fitting in with the rest of the sentence
* uses prior knowledge to help identifiy stimulus (expectations, beliefs, etc.)
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ex. reading and not noticing a typo because you already fixed it in your head due to expectations of the word should have fitting in with the rest of the sentence
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Gestalt Theory
= “the whole is more than the sum of the parts”
* top down processes
* brain groups stimuli together into predictable patterns
* top down processes
* brain groups stimuli together into predictable patterns
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Proximity
= the closer 2 figures are, the more we see them as part of the same object
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Similarity
= tendency to group figures according to how closely they resemble each other
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ex. a rectangle with different colored/patterned sides is perceived as 2 pieces
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ex. a rectangle with different colored/patterned sides is perceived as 2 pieces
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Good Continuation
= tendency to interpret intersecting lines as continuous
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ex. we think 2 cats are 1 continuous cat despite knowing cat is unlikely to be so long
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ex. we think 2 cats are 1 continuous cat despite knowing cat is unlikely to be so long
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Closure
= tendency to complete figures even w/gaps
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Illusory Contours
= tendency to perceive contours when they do not exist
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Common Movement
= tendency to see a group moving as one large object
ex. schools of fish
ex. schools of fish
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Figure-Ground
= tendency to confuse figure w/background
ex. face/vase reversible figures
ex. face/vase reversible figures
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Automatic Processing
= doesn’t require much effort, notice stimuli w/o paying attention
ex. reading billboard signs even if you don’t want to
ex. reading billboard signs even if you don’t want to
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Controlled Processing
= to successfully process/do a task, need to consciously pay attention
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ex. “Where’s Waldo” as opposed to billboard reading
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ex. “Where’s Waldo” as opposed to billboard reading
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