Myers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY Module 14 Perceptual Interpretation Perceptual Interpretation . Perceptual Adaptation . (vision) ability to adjust to an artificially displaced visual field .prism glasses Perceptual Interpretation . Perceptual Set . a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another Perceptual Interpretation Look at the middle picture of the woman on the next slide and then identify what the top and bottom pictures are. Perceptual Set: Schemas . What you see in the center is influenced by perceptual set Perceptual Set: Schemas Flying Saucers or Clouds? UFO? UFO in Mexico UFO in Mexico Are there other types of Perception? Is There Extrasensory Perception? . Extrasensory Perception . controversial claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input ESP . Telepathy . paranormal acquisition of information concerning the thoughts, feelings or activity of another person. Clairvoyance . denotes a form of extra-sensory perception in which a psychic acquires knowledge about a contemporary object, situation, or event via paranormal means. Clairvoyance is different from telepathy in that the information gained by a clairvoyant is assumed to derive directly from an external physical source, and not from another person's mind. Precognition . a form of extra-sensory perception wherein a person perceives information about future places or events before they happen Parasychology . Parapsychology . the study of paranormal phenomena . ESP . the ability to aquire information by paranormal means. ESP is not dependent on the known physical senses, nor on deduction from previous experience. Psychokinesis . the proposed paranormal ability of the mind to influence matter or energy without the use of any currently known type of physical means. Yuri Geller Perception and the Human Factor Making machines and the environment interact with humans. Curse of Knowledge When you know a thing, it’s hard to mentally simulate what it’s like not to know it. 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 Which switch works the screen? Perceptual Set: Human Factors 10 Altitude 8 Pilot’s perceived (thousands descent path of feet) 6 Altitude looks 4 this much higher 2 Actual descent path 0 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 Distance from runway (miles).