Psyc 230

People perceive vertical and horizontal orientations more easily than other orientations according to the

oblique effect.

The process by which small objects become perceptually grouped to form larger objects is the principle of perceptual

organization.

Speech segmentation is defined as

organizing the sounds of speech into individual words.

The Gestalt psychologists believe that _____.

perception is affected by experience, but built-in principles can override experience

The notion that every stimulus pattern is seen in such a way that the resulting structure is as simple as possible is called the law of

pragnanz.

Entering a church service and seeing someone selling hot dogs and cotton candy from a cart near the altar would be perceived as a violation of

scene schema.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a physical regularity in your text?

Angled orientation

A person with strong ________ would likely have a deeper experience of Bayesian influence.

beliefs

The saying, "If you've seen one, you've seen 'em all" best reflects which of the following?

likelihood principle

The term semantics, when applied to perception, means the

meaning of a scene, often related to what is happening within the scene.

What differentiates bottom-up processing from top-down processing?

the source of information

The perception pathway corresponds to the _____ pathway, while the action pathway corresponds to the _____ pathway.

what; where Next