Psychology 3139A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Occipital Lobe, Jerky, Automaticity

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3139A/B
• Professor: Karen Hussey

Document Summary

The mind is an interpretive process and by examining visual illusion shows us this: we examine the visual illusion that is perception and that tells us what mind is about. We are turning raw data (with cognitive biases) to create perception. ***the function of vision is to create perception (mind) but perception is not solely a representation of the data (the world). Purpose of vision, in terms of our perception, is to construct mind (our conscious awareness of the world) The following visual illusions can be used to demonstrate how perception is constructed: mcgurk effect (primacy of vision) An example of the primacy of vision, in humans when vision competes with auditory senses, vision wins: blind spot (filling in information where none exists) Your mind has to fill in psychologically what you are missing physiologically: cyclopean vision (perception is a one-eyed monster)