LESSON 4

Question 1

is the ability to see and interpret (analyze and give meaning to) the visual information that surrounds us.

Answer 1

Visual Perception

Question 2

The process of “Taking in” one’s environment is referred to as perception.

Answer 2

Visual Perception

Question 3

“Visual Perception is the __ ___ of __ “

Answer 3

end product of vision

Question 4

This can be altered by previous experiences.
- recognizing
object based on essential
features/functions

Answer 4

The Chairs Theory

Question 4

The brain receives information from the ___, then using a ___ ___ processes this information using different parts of the brain.

Answer 4

retina, hierarchal method

Question 5

the main problem with visual perception is that it is not simply a ____ of the image seen by the retina, making it difficult for scientists to explain what we actually see.

Answer 5

translation

Question 5

It can effect the way you see a situation
- predicting
movements

Answer 5

The Taxi theory

Question 6

The world is seen in different ways by different creatures, as humans we put a large emphasis on visuals.

Answer 6

Homo significans

Question 6

It is used in media to make you have the opinion of someone that they want you to have.
- assessing safety

Answer 6

The Bad guys/good guys theory

Question 7

humans as a species are driven by a desire to ___ ____

Answer 7

find meaning

Question 7

the act or process of deriving a conclusion based solely on what one already knows

Answer 7

Inference

Question 8

seen as the founder of visual perceptions studies believed vision was a form of unconscious inference

Answer 8

Hermann Von Helmholtz

Question 9

two well known assumptions are that ___ ___ __ ___ and that ___ ___ ___ __ __, not below

Answer 9

light comes from above and objects are viewed from above

Question 10

are where this process goes wrong

Answer 10

Visual Illusions

Question 11

visual perceptual skills include several key component areas:

Answer 11

Visual Discrimination
Form Constancy (Form Discrimination)
Figure Ground (Foreground-Background Differentiation)
Spatial Relations
Visual Closure
Visual Sequencing
Visual Memory

Question 12

The ability to notice detail differences such as shape, size, color, or other dimensional aspects

Answer 12

Visual Discrimination

Question 13

The Ability to perceive positional aspect differences and recognize objects when they are in a different orientation or format

Answer 13

Form Constancy (Form Discrimination)

Question 14

The ability to focus on a selected target and screen out or ignore irrelevant images

Answer 14

Figure Ground (Foreground-Background Differentiation)

Question 15

The ability to recognize the positioning of objects in space

Answer 15

Spatial Relations

Question 16

The ability to recognize an object, letter or number without seeing all of the object

Answer 16

Visual Closure

Question 17

The ability to see objects in a particular sequential order

Answer 17

Visual Sequencing

Question 18

The ability to remember forms (Letters) and sequences of forms (words) and recognize them quickly when see again

Answer 18

Visual Memory

Question 19

-originally came about in the 1890’s
- foundered by an Austrian psychologist called Christian Freiherr von Ehrenfels
- they are mainly descriptive and explanatory

Answer 19

Gestalt theory

Question 20

is german for Shape/form/likeness

Answer 20

Geltalt

Question 21

3 main gestalt psychologist

Answer 21

- Max Wertheimer - Wolfgang Kohler - Kurt Koffka

Question 22

Gestalt principle can be split into 3 groups

Answer 22

- Figure and Ground - Similarity, Proximity, Common Fate & Continuity - Closure, Area & Symmetry

Question 22

is credited as the founder of the movement of gestalt Psychology

Answer 22

Max Wertheimer

Question 23

explains how we put different elements together to make one scene or a whole image

Answer 23

Figure and Ground

Question 24

___ is the more dominant shape. ___ Can be referred to as the Background

Answer 24

Figure and Ground

Question 24

when we have similar objects of size, shape and colour again we form groups

Answer 24

Similarity

Question 25

when objects which are closer to each other we tend to associate them together ti form groups

Answer 25

proximity

Question 26

objects which are facing the same direction or appear to be travelling in the same direction are usually grouped together

Answer 26

common fate

Question 27

Seeing things as a whole is important however seeing in a whole is not necessarily what we are meant to see

Answer 27

Continuity

Question 28

if we have large pattern with missing components we tend to fill in the missing parts to create the image we actually see

Answer 28

Closure

Question 29

This principle show us that when areas are overlapping, the smallest are is seen as the figure and the larger is the ground

Answer 29

AREA

Question 30

objects which are symmetrical, we are more likely to group them together

Answer 30

symmetry

Question 31

is an effective tool to study different aspect of visual perception

Answer 31

eye Tracking

Question 32

believe the problem of visual perception should be considered as a whole

Answer 32

Gestalt Psychologist

Question 33

Max Wertheimer believes that thinking happens in two ways:

Answer 33

Productive thinking reproductive thinking

Question 34

is solving a problem with insight

Answer 34

productive thinking

Question 35

is solving a problem with previous experiences and what is already known

Answer 35

Reproductive thinking

Question 36

Other gestalts psychologist such as Perkins believes insight deals with three processes:

Answer 36

1. Unconscious leap in thinking 2. The increased amount of speed in mental processing 3. The amount of short-circuiting which occurs in normal reasoning

Question 37

is not necessarily what we see but how our brain interprets the world around us, our experiences can shape how we perceive this world

Answer 37

Vision