chapter 6 psych learning outcomes myers

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Title: chapter 6 psych learning outcomes myers
Description: OBJECTIVE 1 | Describe the interplay between attention and perception.
BJECTIVE 2 | Explain how illusions help us to understand some of the ways we organize stimuli into meaningful perceptions.
OBJECTIVE 3 | Describe Gestalt psychology's contribution to our understanding of perception. OBJECTIVE 4 | Explain the figure-ground relationship, and identify principles of perceptual grouping in form perception.
OBJECTIVE 5 | Explain the importance of depth perception, and discuss the contribution of visual cliff research to our understanding of this ability.
OBJECTIVE 6 | Describe two binocular cues for perceiving depth, and explain how they help the brain to compute distance.
OBJECTIVE 7 | Explain how monocular cues differ from binocular cues, and describe several monocular cues for perceiving depth.
OBJECTIVE 8 | State the basic assumption we make in our perceptions of motion, and explain how these perceptions can be deceiving.
OBJECTIVE 9 | Explain the importance of perceptual constancy.
OBJECTIVE 10 | Describe the shape and size constancies, and explain how our expectations about perceived size and distance contribute to some visual illusions.
OBJECTIVE 11 | Discuss lightness constancy and its similarity to color constancy.
OBJECTIVE 12 | Describe the contribution of restored-vision and sensory deprivation research in our understanding of the nature-nurture interplay in our perceptions.
OBJECTIVE 13 | Explain how the research on distorting goggles increases our understanding of the adaptability of perception.
OBJECTIVE 14 | Define perceptual set, and explain how it influences what we do or do not perceive. OBJECTIVE 15 | Explain why the same stimulus can evoke different perceptions in different contexts.
OBJECTIVE 16 | Describe the role human factors psychologists play in creating user-friendly machines and work settings.
OBJECTIVE 17 | Identify the three most testable forms of ESP, and explain why most research psychologists remain skeptical of ESP claims.
Number of Cards: 17
Author: brittanyplummer9
Created: 2006-11-06
Tags: learning myers outcomes psych
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