Attention
Perceptual Processing
Visual Perception
Gustatory Perception
Perceptual Distortions
100
What are the three different types of attention?
Sustained, Divided and Selective Attention
100
What are the two types of perceptual processing?
Top-down and bottom-up
100
What is the main biological influence on visual perception?
Depth cues
100
Give one biological, one psychological, and one social influence on taste perception.
Biological = genetics
Psychological = perceptual set/appearance
Social = culture
100
Give one example of synaesthesia
Hearing a sound and seeing a colour, tasting words, feeling shapes when touching textures, etc
200
What is the difference between each type of attention
Sustained - focusing on 1 stimuli
Divided - focusing on more than 1 stimuli
Selective - focusing on 1 stimuli and actively ignoring any other stimuli
200
What is the difference between the two types of processing?
Top-down: Using prior knowledge to inform your perception/stimulus information
Bottom-up: Using sensory/stimulus information to form knowledge
200
Which monocular depth cue makes parallel lines appear to converge in the distance?
Linear perspective
200
What was the relationship between your enjoyment of chilli and your parents?
If parents enjoyed, I did too - showing genetic/biological influence on taste
200
What perceptual distortion is NOT considered a disorder?
Synaesthesia
300
What type of attention/s were explored in the word search practical?
Sustained - group without music
300
How was each perceptual processing seen in the puzzle practical?
Using the picture to form the puzzle (top-down) versus using the puzzle drawings to figure out the picture (bottom-up)
300
What are gestalt principles?
Psychological factors that help us organise and interpret stimuli into something meaningful
300
Explain why labelling the same cola drink as “Coke” vs. “Pepsi” can cause different taste perceptions
Perceptual set (expectations from labels/branding) alters the interpretation of sensory input, even though it is the same!
300
Give one example of behaviour shown by someone with spatial neglect
Eating food only on one side of the plate, shaving one side of the face, drawing only half a picture, etc
400
What was a random error in the experiment?
Distractions, participant-related variables, etc
400
What was the qualitative data collected?
The group with the picture used the picture to form the corners/positioning. The group without used the colours to figure out the positioning
400
What gestalt principle is this?
Closure
400
What were the three factors that influenced our judgement of flavour?
Perceptual set, colour intensity and texture
400
Is spatial neglect caused by problems with the eyes?
No, it is an attention disorder caused by brain damage
500
Explain how a conversation at a party demonstrates two types of attentions.
Selective = focusing on one conversation despite being noise/distractions in the background
Divided = noticing your name/something happening in another conversation while still listening to the first.
500
What is the process of perception?
Selection, Organisation and Interpretation
500
How do visual errors like the Müller-Lyer illusion and the Ames Room happen?
Misapplying depth cues
500
What did the results from the different chip flavours suggest?
When we grew up with something (demonstrated through easier to identify the flavour), we liked it more (rated higher) - suggesting culture has a big influence on taste
500
Someone was asked to copy this drawing. What type of perceptual distortion and what brain damage does this person have?
Spatial neglect to the left side (right brain damage to parietal lobe).