PSY/360
JUNE 8TH, 2015
MELISSA JACKSON
INTRODUCTION
• RESOLUTION OF AMBIGUITIES
• TYPES OF ASSUMPTIONS
• OBJECT PLACEMENT
• LIGHT SOURCE
• ROLE OF PERCEPTION
• BOTTOM-UP PROCESSING
• TOP-DOWN PROCESSING
• VISUAL PERCEPTION
PROVIDES AN
UNDERSTANDING OF THE
WORLD AROUND US
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ASSUMPTIONS
• PLACEMENT OF AN
OBJECT
- PERCEPTION
- LOCAL CONTRAST
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• LIGHT SOURCE
• WHAT IS NORMAL
- LIKELIHOOD
PRINCIPLE
• 2D RETINA 3D WORLD
- FRAME REFERENCE
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DISCUSS HOW THE VISUAL SYSTEM RESOLVES
AMBIGUITIES BY MAKING DIFFERENT TYPES
OF ASSUMPTIONS.
ANALYZE THE ROLE OF PERCEPTION IN
COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY.
• WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY
• WHAT IS COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
• THE PERCEPTION ROLE IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
ANALYZE THE ROLE OF PERCEPTION IN
COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY.
Bottom-up processing
Top-down processing
DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF VISUAL PERCEPTION IN
COGNITIVE PROCESSES
• PROVIDES AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD WE LIVE
ASSISTS WITH THE ABILITY TO INTERACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE
HELPS US TO PERFORM BETTER IN OUR ENVIRONMENT
• CREATES OUR CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE
• DISTINGUISHES VISUAL STIMULI AND HELPS US TO REACT ACCORDINGLY
•
ASSISTS THE BRAIN WITH PROCESSING, CATEGORIZING, AND INTERPRETING
INFORMATION
CONCLUSION
• PERCEPTION OF THE WORLD AROUND US GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO
UNDERSTAND IT
• TOP-DOWN PROCESSING GIVES A WAY TO PERCEIVE COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
• BOTTOM-UP PROCESSING ALLOWS ONE TO PERCEIVE COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
• ROLE OF PERCEPTION IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
• WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?
• WHAT IS COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY?
• HOW DO PERCEPTION AND COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RELATE?
• MAKING ASSUMPTIONS RESOLVES VISUAL AMBIGUITIES
• PLACEMENT OF AN OBJECT – PERCEPTION
• LIKELIHOOD PRINCIPLE
• FRAME REFERENCE – 2D RETINA/3D WORLD
REFERENCES
• Galotti, K.M. (2014). Cognitiive psychology in and out of the laboratory (5 th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• McLeod, S. A. (2007). Visual perception | simply psychology. retrieved May 31, 2015, from http://www.simplypsychology.org/perception-theories.html
• Perception role in cognition psychology. Retrieved from https://www.science.mcmaster.ca/pnb/research/cognitive-perception.html
• Top-down and bottom-up processing | in Chapter 07: Cognition | from Psychology: an Introduction by Russ Dewey. (n.d.). retrieved May
2015, from http://www.intropsych.com/ch07_cognition/top-down_and_bottom-up_processing.html
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