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| The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment |
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| The process of organizing and interpreting sensory info, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events |
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| As intensity of stimulus increases the more change is required to detect the stimulus change |
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-Focused on form recognition; common ground with the traditional approach
-Closure and grouping (proximity, similarity, continuity, and connectedness)
-Perceptual constants: Shape, Color, Size, and Lightness |
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| gestalt principle that identifies the tendency to fill in gaps in figures and to see incomplete figures as complete |
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| a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another |
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| Retinal receptors that detect black,white, and gray; necessary for peripheral and twilight vision, when cones don't respond. |
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| Retinal receptor cells that are concentrated near the center of the retina and that function in daylight or in well-lit conditions.The cones detect fine details and give rise to color sensations |
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| point in the retinal where the optic nerve leaves the retina so there are no rods or cones there |
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| s a light-sensitive layer of tissue, lining the inner surface of the eye. |
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| a spiral-shaped, fluid-filled inner ear structure, covered in a stiff membrane; it is lined with cilia (tiny hairs) that move when vibrated and cause a nerve impulse to form. |
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| The processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain's natural mode of info. processing for many functions, including vision. Contrasts w/ the step by step(serial) processing of most computers and of conscious problem solving |
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