PSYC 109W Lecture Notes - Neural Adaptation, Parallel Computing, Mary Ainsworth
1 Dec 2013
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Perceptual adaptation: vision ability to adjust to an artificially displaced visual field. Prism glasses: our perception is not tied to accuracy, can adjust to give us coherent interreatation, clear evidence that perception is affected by cognitive things (e. g. experiences) Perceptual set: a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another, creatin eexpectations to exp something, it"ll influence how we"ll exp that readiness to perceive things in one way as opposed to another way. Parallel processing: once signals levae eye, splits off,goes to various parts of brain where various models process various info, simultaneous processing of several aspects of a problem simultaneously. We see bird flying by, we see diff aspects to a coherent whole. Gestalt grouping principle does not involve visual capture. What we see is what we"ll process, other senses will be disregarded. Developmental psychology lifelong- from about time they were born and to age 2. Physical,mental, and social changes throughout life cycle.
