Unit 2 Vocab

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Perception

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Interpretation of sensory input, 'Reality interpretation'.

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Bottom-up Processing

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Analysis starting with the sensory receptors and works up to the brain's integration of sensory information, 'Details first'.

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Top-down Processing

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Information processing guided by higher-level mental processes, drawing on our experiences and expectations, 'Expectation driven'.

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Schema

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Framework that organizes and interprets information, 'Mental blueprint'.

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Perceptual Set

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A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another, 'Expectation bias'.

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Gestalt Psychology

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An approach emphasizing that the whole of anything is greater than its parts, 'Whole over parts'.

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Closure

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The perceptual tendency to mentally complete incomplete figures, "Filling the gaps".

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Figure and Ground

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Organizing the visual field into objects (figures) that stand out from their surroundings (ground), "Focus vs. background".

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Proximity

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Grouping nearby figures together, "Near means together".

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Similarity

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Grouping similar figures together, "Alike means together".