Unit 2: Cognition

Front

What is the term for the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information?

Back

Perception

Front

Fill in the blank: ________ is the process of focusing on a particular object in the environment for a certain period of time.

Back

Attention

Front

What is the term for the ability to focus on a single conversation in a noisy environment?

Back

Cocktail Party Effect

Front

Fill in the blank: ________ is the failure to notice a fully visible, but unexpected object because attention was engaged on another task, event, or object.

Back

Inattentional Blindness

Front

What is the term for the mental process of making sense of sensory information?

Back

Perception

Front

Fill in the blank: ________ is the tendency to perceive things in a certain way based on past experiences and expectations.

Back

Perceptual Set

Front

What is the term for the ability to perceive depth and three-dimensional structure?

Back

Depth Perception

Front

Fill in the blank: ________ are depth cues that depend on the use of two eyes.

Back

Binocular Cues

Front

What is the term for the visual ability to adjust to an artificially displaced or inverted visual field?

Back

Perceptual Adaptation

Front

Fill in the blank: ________ is the phenomenon where a stationary object appears to move due to the movement of surrounding objects.

Back

Apparent Motion