Module 19 - Visual organization and interpretation

Question 1

gestalt

Answer 1

an organized whole.
Gestalt psychologists emphasized
our tendency to integrate pieces of
information into meaningful wholes.

Question 2

figure-ground

Answer 2

the organization
of the visual field into objects (the
figures) that stand out from their
surroundings (the ground).

Question 3

grouping

Answer 3

the perceptual tendency
to organize stimuli into coherent
groups.

Question 4

depth perception

Answer 4

the ability

to see objects in three dimensions

Question 5

visual cliff

Answer 5

a laboratory device for
testing depth perception in infants
and young animals.

Question 6

binocular cues

Answer 6

depth cues, such
as retinal disparity, that depend on
the use of two eyes.

Question 7

retinal disparity

Answer 7

a binocular cue
for perceiving depth: By comparing
images from the retinas in the two
eyes, the brain computes distance—
the greater the disparity (difference)
between the two images, the closer
the object

Question 8

monocular cues

Answer 8

depth cues,
such as interposition and linear
perspective, available to either eye
alone.

Question 9

phi phenomenon

Answer 9

an illusion of
movement created when two or
more adjacent lights blink on and
off in quick succession.

Question 10

perceptual constancy

Answer 10

perceiving
objects as unchanging (having
consistent shapes, size, brightness,
and color) even as illumination and
retinal images change.

Question 11

color constancy

Answer 11

perceiving familiar objects as having consistent
color, even if changing illumination
alters the wavelengths reflected by
the object.

Question 12

perceptual adaptation

Answer 12

in vision, the ability to adjust to
an artificially displaced or even
inverted visual field.