P335 Cognitive Psychology, Prof. Kruschke

P335 Cognitive Psychology, Prof. John K. Kruschke

Part I Conclusion

THEME: Perception is an active, constructive process
of inference based on ambiguous stimuli.

Perceptual ambiguities and illusions highlight this theme.
Perception builds up complex representations of the world through various processes
- topic of pattern recognition emphasized representations
- topic of attention emphasized process

An Implication: Human perception is naturally prone to error.
We must tolerate unavoidable error,
while not accepting irresponsibility.
Cognitive psychology can help us draw the line between excusable error and negligence.