Psych101-Midterms-(Chapter 4- Sensation and Perception )

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1. 2 Kinds of 1. Positive 19. Law of Tendency to group together the elements

After Image 2. Negative Similarity that are similar in appearance falls under the
law of similarity
2. 2 Things to 1.Distance
Consider in 2. Direction 20. Law of The tendency to perceive a pattern in the
Terms of Simplicity most basic, straightforward,organized
Sound manner possible is simplicity
3. After Image Optical experience which happens to persist 21. Laws Under 1. Law of Closure
after the removal of the stimulus the Gestalt 2. Law of Proximity
Law of 3. Law of Similarity
4. Attention Perceptual process of Choosing the Stimulus
Organization 4. Law of Continuity
one has to attend to
5. Law of SImplicity
5. Auditory Interpretation of Sound; Concerned with the
22. Negative After When the color or Brightness of the object is a
Perception Location and Source of Sound
Image compliment or opposite of the Original
6. Clairvoyance Ability to see without the use of the eyes and
23. Perception Process of sorting out, interpreting,
can reveal information that may not have
organizing and integrating sense impression;
been received by ordinary sensation
How things are interpretted
7. Depth Ability to perceive the World in 3 Dimensions;
24. Perception of Time can be perceived either longer or
Perception Allows individuals to accurately gauge the
Time shorter
distance of objects
25. Positive After Image is seen just as it was before the image
8. Examples of 1. Reversible Notice
Image was removed; Color,Brightness and other
Illusion 2. Ambiguous Stimulus
details are exactly the same picture as of the
3. Illusion of Length
Original
4. Illusion by Direction
26. Precognition Ability to foretell future events
9. Gestalt Law Maintains that the basic perceptual process
of operates on the basis of a series of principles 27. Psychokinesis Ability to make an object move by thought
Organization that describe how to organize bits and pieces alone
of information into a unified whole 28. Reversible Example of Law of Simplicity
10. Habitual Comes from Constant Practice;Putting figure-ground
Attention Voluntary Attention to one's Routine Pattern
11. Haptic Earliest sense to develop in the Fetus. Relates 29. Selective Process in perception in which a person
Perception to the development of other senses. (Greek Attention chooses a selection to listen to.
Word- Hapne-sense of touch) 30. Sensation Process of receiving sense impression; It
12. Illusion by Tendency to overestimate big angles and makes a person aware of the things around
Direction underestimate small ones him.
13. Illusion of WUNDT states that we tend to over estimate 31. Special Kinds 1. Telepathy
Length the vertical line when we compare it to of Perception 2. Clairvoyance
horizontal line because the eyes moves less 3. Precognition
often and less easy vertically than horizontally 4. Psychokinesis
14. Illusions Perception of something which doesn't 32. Telekinesis Transfer of thought from one person to
correspond to realities; False Perception another without the use of senses
15. Involuntary Requires the Potency of the Stimulus (e.g. 33. Types of 1. Voluntary
Attention Bright light) Attention 2. Involuntary
3. Habitual
16. Law of States that when a figure has a gap, one tends
4. Selective
Closure to see it as closed or complete
17. Law of Tendency not to break the continuous flow of
Continuity lines or design in one'e perceptional
awareness allows the continuity.
18. Law of Tendency to group together the elements that
Proximity are close together
34. Types of Perception 1. Gestalt Law of Organization
2. Visual Perception
3. Illusions
4. Auditory Perception
5. Depth Perception
6. Haptic Perception
7. Perception of Time
35. Visual Perception Depends on one's physiological and psychological cues (adjustment of the eyes).
36. Voluntary Attention Requires effort and concentration on the required work.