unit 2

perceptual set

mental readiness to perceive things in a specific way- expectations

If Alice is shopping with her daughter and hears the word “mom” when someone said “ma’am”, what can this inaccurate perception be attributed to?

peceptual set

Wearing an eyepatch for a long period may cause the inability of what depth perception cue?

Retinal disparity

what is convergence?

depth perception (binocular) to determine the distance of an object

What do gestalt psychologists study?

perception

AS your friend walks away they get smaller but you know they are not shrinking. This is an example of ___

size constancy

Algorithm vs Heuristic

Algorithm- thorough but inefficient→ time consuming

Heuristic- mental shortuct for judgement and problems → error prone

Memory for automatic activities is known as ___

procedural memory

What is amterograde amnesia?

inability o form new memories

What is retrograde amnesia?

inability to recall old memories

DOes divided or automatic attention require mor automatic processing?

divided

Which process transfers info from sensory memory to short term memory?

Attention