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Module 23 AP Psych Unit 3

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Gestalt   An organized while. Gestalt psychologists emphasize our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes  
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Figure-ground   The organization of the visual field into objects that stand out from their surroundings  
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Grouping   The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups  
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Proximity   We group nearby things together  
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Continuity   We perceive smooth, continuous patterns rather than discontinuous ones  
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Closure   We fill in gaps to create a complete, whole object  
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Depth perception   The ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional  
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Visual cliff   A laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants and young animals  
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Binocular cue   A depth cue, such as retinal dispensary, that depends on the use of two eyes  
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Retinal disparity   A binocular cue for perceiving depth. By comparing retinal images from two eyes, the bran computes the difference  
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Monocular cues   A depth cue, such as interposition or linear perspective, available to either eye alone  
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Phi Phenomenon   An illusion of movement created when two or more adjustment lights blink on and off in quick succession  
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Perceptual constancy   perceiving objects as unchanging even as illumination and retinal images change  
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Color constancy   Perceiving familiar objects as having consistent color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths reflected by the object  
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Brightness constancy   We perceive an object as having constant brightness even as its illumination varies  
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Shape constancy   We perceive the form of familiar objects, as constant even while our retinas changing images of them  
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Size constancy   We perceive an object as having an unchanged size, even while our distance from it varies  
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Restored vision   when blind people trust their other senses with the responsibilities of their eyes, therefore have better senses than people who can see  
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Critical period   An optimal period when exposure to certain stimuli or experiences is required  
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Perceptual adaptation   The ability to adjust to changed sensory input, including an artificially displaced or even inverted visual field  
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