1. Perception
October 11, 20010

2. Perception
We do not merely have sensory experiences; we perceive objects
The brain receives information form the senses and organizes and interprets it into meaningful experiences
Gestalt- the experience that comes from organizing bits and pieces of information into meaningful wholes

3. Principles People use patterns to understand perception
These include, proximity, continuity, similarity, simplicity and closure.
When you hear music you do not hear only one not at a time, but you catch all the notes together

4. Figure-Ground Perception
Tell the difference between an object and its background
Example (Tree vs Sky)
Voices in a noisy room?
Multiple TV’s in a room
Print on a page

5. Perceptual Inference Is it there if you cant see it? Driving up a hill
Dark room finding a chair
What do you think of when you approach a house and hear a barking dog

6. Learning How ALL BEHAVIOR IS LEARNED, PERCEPTION IS A BEHAVIOR!
When you want something, you can see it in your mind
Honest old ladies perception
Subliminal messages- brief sounds or visual messages presented below the absolute Threshold

7. Depth Perception
The ability to recognize an object in 3 dimensions and perceive distance
Size, Height, Light and Shadows, and Texture Density gradient
Motion parallax- the apparent movement of objects that occurs when the observer changes position

8. Depth Perception
Binocular Depth Cues- depend on the movement of both eyes
The way your eyes turn inward to view objects closer to you. (Convergence)
Linear Perspective- two parallel lines seem to converge as they continue on

9. Constancy
Constancy- the tendency to percieve certain objects in the same way regardless of changing, angle, distance, or lighting
This is how you picture people coming towards you and not changing their appearance

10. Illusions Illusions- perceptions that misrepresent physical stimuli
Magicians
Does it play tricks on the eye or does it play tricks on the brain
Mirrors in a a mirror maze

11. Extrasensory Perception
Extrasensory Perception- is the ability to receive information by some means other that ordinary senses
There are 4 types
Clairvoyance
Telepathy
Psychokinesis
precognition