Attention
The type of attention a student uses when reading one chapter without looking up
Sustained attention
The stage of sensation where a stimulus becomes a nerve impulse
Transduction
The photoreceptors that allow low light and no colour vision
Rods
Dots seen as three clusters because of gaps between groups
Proximity principle
Clusters of gustatory receptors
Taste buds
At a noisy cafe, Zoe hears many conversations but tunes in only to her friend’s story. Name the type of attention.
Selective attention
Lee reads a sign half-covered by a stain because he walks past it daily. Name the type of processing.
Top-down processing
Location where rods and cones are situated
Retina
Rows of red and blue circles seen as colour-coded rows
Similarity principle
A person who inherits more taste buds than average and is highly sensitive to bitterness
Supertaster
A barista steams milk while remembering the next order. Name the type of attention.
Divided attention
The first 3 stages of perception
Reception, transduction, transmission
Railway tracks that appear to meet in the distance show this depth cue
Linear perspective
A dashed outline still seen as a complete circle
Closure principle
Bright blue scrambled eggs taste “off”. Name the type of factor and the concept involved.
Psychological factor, perceptual set
Explain why folding laundry while listening to a podcast is easier than writing an essay while following a lecture.
At least one of the tasks is automatic or easy, so divided attention works better
Mira has never seen cricket and works out the rules from what she sees. Name the type of processing and the direction it runs.
Bottom-up processing, from specific details to general knowledge
Name the one binocular cue that increases as an object gets closer.
Retinal disparity
A dark lighthouse silhouette is seen as an object standing in front of a pale sky. Name the Gestalt principle.
Figure-ground principle
Older adults often perceive flavours less intensely. Name the type of factor
Biological factor
Two types of attention whose deficits are a large part of the diagnostic criteria for ADHD
Sustained and divided attention
Seeing a face in a power socket is best explained by this type of processing and this kind of knowledge
Top-down processing using a face schema
A door swings open and projects a trapezoid onto the retina, yet you see a rectangle. Name the visual constancy.
Shape constancy
A white shirt in a dim room still looks white even though less light reflects from it. Name this visual constancy and the other two.
Brightness constancy; the other two are shape constancy and size constancy
The five basic flavours (was on the picture of a tongue, I told you that you didn't need to know it lol)
Sweet, salty, sour, bitter, umami