gregorys theory of perception

Question 1

what is gregory theory of perception?

Answer 1

perception is an active process driven by cognition - using sensory info is combined with stored knowledge about world, constructing our perception

Question 2

interferences from visual cues?

Answer 2

construct perception - make guesses about distance and motion - make guesses from visual cues

Question 3

model of reality

Answer 3

what we perceive - different to what is out there

Question 4

nurture?

Answer 4

making our inferences based on the experiences we have had on the world - used visual illusions to demonstrate ideas like Muller lyer

Question 5

evaluation from gregory?

Answer 5

evidence that perception is altered by different factor like culture, motivation and emotion. suggests that perception is actively constructed

provides an explanation for visual illusions, people are fooled by the 3d and 2d images that they see

illusions are very unuasual and they are highly manipulated - everday life