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What is the bottom-up theory in perception?
Working upwards from
sensory
information
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What cognitive input is required for the bottom-up theory?
No
higher
cognitive
input
is required
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What do we use to perceive according to the bottom-up theory?
Information received through our
senses
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What does it mean that perception is innate in the bottom-up theory?
We are born with the
ability
to perceive
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What types of sensory information are important in the bottom-up theory?
Textures
and
color gradients
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What does the bottom-up theory suggest about perceptual errors?
We do not make any perceptual errors
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What research supports the bottom-up theory?
Gibson
and
Walk's
research on
infants
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What percentage of babies crawled over cliffs in Gibson and Walk's study?
92%
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What conclusion did Falma reach regarding depth perception?
Depth perception may be
innate
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What are the key components of the bottom-up theory of perception?
Works upwards from
sensory information
Requires no higher
cognitive input
Perception is innate
Uses
textures
and
color gradients
No
perceptual errors
are made
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What is the main focus of Gibson's Direct Theory?
Bottom-up
theory of visual perception
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How does Gibson's Direct Theory approach analysis?
It works upwards in our analysis of
perception
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What does Gibson's theory require for perception?
No higher
cognitive
input to conclude perception
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How do we perceive the world according to Gibson?
We perceive it simply through our
senses
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What are innate abilities in perception according to Gibson?
Perceptual abilities
do not need to be learned
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What does Gibson's theory say about perceptual errors?
We don't make perceptual errors about the
world
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What does the motion parallax cue help us understand?
It helps perceive
depth
of objects
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How does motion parallax affect our perception of speed?
Closer
objects appear to move faster
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What percentage of babies refuse to crawl over a cliff?
92%
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What conclusion did Gibson and Walk reach about depth perception?
Depth perception might be
innate
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What limitation does Gibson's theory have regarding the world?
It claims the world provides enough
information
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How does Gibson's theory affect the validity of perception?
It
limits
and
reduces
the validity of perception
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