Myers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY

Perceptual Interpretation

James A. McCubbin, PhDClemson University

Worth Publishers

Perceptual Interpretation

Perceptual Adaptation (vision) ability to adjust to an artificially displaced visual fieldprism glasses

Perceptual Seta mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another

Perceptual Set:Schemas

What you see in the center is influenced

byperceptual set

Perceptual Set:Schemas

Flying Saucers or Clouds?

Is There Extrasensory Perception?

Extrasensory Perception controversial claim that perception can

occur apart from sensory input telepathy clairvoyance precognition

Parapsychology the study of paranormal phenomena

ESP psychokinesis

Perception and the Human Factor

Human Factors Psychology explores how people and machines interact explores how machine and physical

environments can be adapted to human behaviors

Perceptual Set: Human Factors

Actualdescent

path

Pilot’s perceiveddescent path

Altitude looksthis much higher

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