Terms Related to Field Dependence Independence

• Cue

  Signals for an action; that specific portion of a perceptual field or pattern of stimuli to which a subject has learned to respond.

• Figural Aftereffect

  A perceptual phenomenon used by Gestalt psychologists to demonstrate that events in one part of the perceptual field may affect perception in another part.

• Imagination

  A new pattern of perceptual or ideational material derived from past experience.

• Perceptual Masking

  The interference of one perceptual stimulus with another causing a decrease or lessening in perceptual effectiveness.

• Thinking

  Mental activity, not predominantly perceptual, by which one apprehends some aspect of an object or situation based on past learning and experience.

• Discrimination Learning

  Learning that is manifested in the ability to respond differentially to various stimuli.

• Preceptorship

  Practical experience in medical and health-related services that occurs as part of an educational program wherein the professionally-trained student works outside the academic environment under ...