psychology topic a (how do we see the world)

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what is the differenc between vision and perception?
Vision is the process of detecting light from objects – it is a biological process. Whereas perception is theway we make sense of a visual image – it is a psychological process that helps us to make sense of the image.
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what are the two types of retina cells?
Rods and Cones
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____ are sensitive to light and respond to movement. They will respond even in very dim light. They are found mainlyaround the edge of the retina.
RODS
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What are mainly found in the centre of the retina, in a special area just opposite the pupil (fovea). They help us to see clearly and in detail
CONES
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what can detect different colours of light? (cones or rods)
CONES
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why dont we notice our blind spot?
because the two blind spots don’t overlap so even if one eye can’t see something, the other one can.
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Is vision a psychological or biological process?
BIOLOGICAL
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What cells respond even in very dim light?
RODS
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Perceptual processes happen in which part of the brain?
visual cortex.
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what is Superimposition?
it is when their is a object in front of another object and it tells us the object we see fully is closer.
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what is Relative size?
A closer object makes a bigger image on the retina than a distant one
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what is Texture Gradient?
Most objects and surfaces, such as walls, roads and fields of flowers have a texture. As an object or surfacegets further away from us, the texture gets finer and appears smoother.
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what is Linear perspective?
Parallel lines in the real world never meet, they stay the same the distant apart.Imagine that you are looking at a very long straight road. What seems to happen is that the road appearsto get narrower in the distance. The edges seem to get closer
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what is height in the plane?
In general, things lower in the scene are closer, those which are higher up arefurther away.
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what is this? (PIC)
FICTIONS A fiction illusion occurs when you perceive a shape that is not there.
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what is this? (PIC)
After effects They are like fictions because they are involve perceiving something likemovement or a shape that is not in the stimulus.
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what is this? (PIC)
Ambiguous figures The Necker Cube
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what is this? (PIC)
Distortions Ponzo illusion Distortions occur when our perception is deceived by some aspect of the stimulus.
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what is gregorys theroy?
When faced with an unusual or incomplete visual image, we draw inferences as to what we are viewing. We rely on top-down processing.
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what was palmers aim?
To find out whether context would affect perception.
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what is Serial reproduction?
task where a piece of information is passed from one participant to the next in a chain or series. Differences between each version are measured.
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what is Repeated reproduction?
a task where the participant is given a story or picture to remember. They then recall it several times, after time delays. Differences between each version are measured.
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