What is the difference between sensation and perception?
 

What are the steps involved for an outside stimulus to be sensed and then perceived?
 
 

What was the focus of Gestalt psychologists?
 

What are the organizational rules our brain seems to follow as it tries to organize sensations into meaningful perceptions?
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The images striking the retina often change because of our movement, the movement of our eyes, and changes (lighting, angle, distance, etc.) in what we are looking at. Yet we tend to see the objects in our world as stable & unchanging.
Describe the 3 perceptual "constancies" that help provide this stability:
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Depth perception cues that involve 2 eyes (binocular)
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Depth perception cues that only require one eye:
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Illusions That Result from Misleading Depth Perception Cues
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What is a subliminal message or stimulus?

Based on research, to what extent can subliminal messages influence an individual?

What is the current status of scientific attempts to demonstrate ESP?