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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
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