Psych 240- Exam 1 Lecture 2 (Perception) questions and answers all are correct 2024 graded A+

the way that info from the environ. is transformed into an experience (via sense organs) - AnswerPerception what's actually out there in the real world - Answer-distal stimulus causes pattern on sensory organ - Answer-proximal stimulus internal mental representation - Answer-percept our perceptive system is fooled -real distal stimulus is different from our perception of it ex. optical illusion - Answer-Lack of Correspondence when distal & percept DO match but proximal stim. does not -ex. moving objects - Answer-Paradoxical Correspondence Size, Color, Shape may appear to change (proximally) but our perception tells us they are constant - Answer-Perceptual Constancy Environment provides all necessary cues -our brains are pre-wired to extract this information -assumes ONLY bottom-up processing - Answer-Direction Perception perception uses data from the real world and info from your own experiences/expectations/knowledge -assumes BOTH top-down & bottom-up processing - Answer-Constructivist Theoryall driven by information from outside world - Answer-Bottom-up processing all driven by knowledge & expectations - Answer-Top-down processing -distal stim is 3D, proximal stim is 2D, but perceptual experience is 3D - Answer-Paradox of Depth perception linear perspective - monocular relative size- monocular interposition (things closer to you obstruct vision of things behind them)- monocular shadows- monocular retinal disparity- (comparing image of both eyeballs) -BINOCULAR accommodation- change shape of lens to focus convergence (eyes look inward) -BINOCULAR shape- monocular - Answer-Depth Cues