PSYC 3030 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fusiform Face Area, Necker Cube, Gestalt Psychology
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From the text: (these questions are covered in your textbook, but we did not discuss them in class. ) Other questions: (these questions were covered in class, or in class and the text. ) Define lack of correspondence and paradoxical correspondence , and be able to give examples of each. Define the following phenomena as they relate to perception: perceptual constancies, the muller- Lyer illusion, the necker cube, the oblique effect, the light-from-above assumption, speech segmentation, scene schemas, the multiple personalities of a blob . Explain the gestalt psychologists" approach to understanding perception. Describe the following gestalt principles as they relate to perception: good continuation, simplicity/pragnanz, and similarity. Describe the bayesian inference approach to resolving perceptual ambiguities, including the roles of: 1) the prior probability, and 2) the likelihood of an outcome. Explain the concept of experience-dependent plasticity in the brain.
