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Thefocusingofconsciousawarenessonaparticularstimulus,asinthecocktailpartyeffect. 

Thetendencyforvisiontodominatetheothersenses. 

Anorganizedwhole.Thesepsychologistsemphasizeourtendencytointegratepiecesofinformationintomeaningfulwholes. 

Theorganizationofthevisualfieldintoobjectsthatstandoutfromtheirsurroundings. 

Theperceptualtendencytoorganizestimuliintocoherentgroups. 

Theabilitytoseeobjectsinthreedimensionsalthoughtheimagesthatstriketheretinaaretwo-dimensional;allowsustojudgedistance. 

Alaboratorydevicefortestingdepthperceptionininfantsandyounganimals. 

Depthcues,suchasretinaldisparityandconvergence,thatdependontheuseoftwoeyes. 

Distancecues,suchaslinearperspectiveandoverlap,availabletoeithereyealone. 

Abinocularcueforreceivingdepth:

Bycomparingimagesfromthetwoeyeballs,thebraincomputesdistance-thegreaterthedisparity（difference）betweenthetwoimages,theclosertheobject. 

Abinocularcueforperceivingdepth;Theextenttowhichtheeyesconvergeinwardwhenlookingatanobject. 

Anillusionofmovementcreatedwhentwoormoreadjacentlightsblinkonandoffinsuccession. 

Perceivingobjectsasunchanging（havingconsistentlightness,color,shape,andsize）evenasilluminationandretinalimageschange. 

Invision,theabilitytoadjusttoanartificiallydisplacedoreveninvertedvisualfield. 

Amentalpredispositiontoperceiveonethingandnotanother. 

Abranchofpsychologythatexploreshowpeopleandmachinesinteractandhowmachinesandphysicalenvironmentscanbeadaptedtohumanbehaviors. 

Thecontroversialclaimthatperceptioncanoccurapartfromsensoryinput.Saidtoincludetelepathy,clairvoyance,andprecognition. 

Thestudyofparanormalphenomenon,includingESPandpsychokinesis.