cognition without memory

Front

What is the process called that begins with sensory receptors and works up to the brain's integration of sensory information?

Back

Bottom-up processing

Front

Which type of processing is guided by higher-level mental processes, drawing on experience and expectations?

Back

Top-down processing

Front

What is a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information?

Back

Schema

Front

What term describes a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another?

Back

Perceptual set

Front

Which psychological approach emphasizes perceiving the whole rather than the sum of the parts?

Back

Gestalt psychology

Front

What is the tendency to complete figures that are incomplete?

Back

Closure

Front

What term describes the organization of the visual field into objects that stand out from their surroundings?

Back

Figure and ground

Front

What describes the way relationships are formed between things close to one another?

Back

Proximity

Front

What is the tendency to perceive things that look similar as being part of the same group?

Back

Similarity

Front

What is the ability to focus on only one stimulus from among all sensory input?

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Selective attention