Perception Power
Seeing a dog even when it’s behind a fence illustrates this principle where the mind fills in gaps.
What is closure?
Failing to notice a gorilla in a basketball-passing video is an example of this.
What is inattentional blindness?
This type of memory involves facts and general knowledge.
What is semantic memory?
This is thinking about your own thinking.
What is metacognition?
A step-by-step problem-solving method that guarantees a solution.
What is an algorithm?
These binocular cues help us perceive depth by comparing images from both eyes.
What is retinal disparity or convergence?
Listening to your friend in a loud cafeteria shows this effect.
What is the cocktail party effect?
Riding a bike relies on this type of implicit memory.
What is procedural memory?
A mental framework or template used to organize knowledge.
What is a schema?
Making a decision based on how easily examples come to mind.
What is the availability heuristic?
This refers to our ability to perceive objects as unchanging even when they appear different.
What is perceptual constancy?
This occurs when a change in visual stimulus goes unnoticed.
What is change blindness?
The idea that we remember items at the beginning of a list better is this effect.
What is the primacy effect?
This process modifies a schema when new information doesn’t fit
What is accommodation?)
Persisting in a wrong belief despite contrary evidence.
What is belief perseverance?
This illusion of movement occurs when lights blink on and off in succession.
What is the phi phenomenon?
Interpreting a face from random shapes illustrates this kind of processing.
What is top-down processing?
This neural process strengthens connections between neurons and is key to memory.
What is long-term potentiation (LTP)?
This type of thinking is open-ended and used in creativity.
What is divergent thinking?
Tendency to stick to familiar problem-solving strategies.
What is a mental set?
This famous experiment used a glass platform to test depth perception in infants.
What is the visual cliff?
This concept explains why we perceive part of a stimulus based on our expectations.
What is perceptual set?
The inability to form new memories after a brain injury is called this.
What is anterograde amnesia?
The sudden realization of a solution is known as this.
What is insight?
Making decisions based on how well something matches your prototype.
What is the representative heuristic?