Object Perception and Recognition - Exam #4 Flashcards

(5 cards)

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What is Viewpoint Invariance?

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The ability to recognize an object regardless of the viewpoint

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What causes variability in the world?

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Things like illumination, shape variability, color, etc…

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What is the Structuralist Approach by Wundt? (late 1800s)

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It’s the idea that perceptions are created by combining elements called “sensations” to create a percept of an object

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What disproved the Structuralist Approach? Or at least gave it some trouble?

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It couldn’t explain things like the apparent motion illusion

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Hey, what’s Apparent Motion again?

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It’s when something isn’t actually a smooth movement, but it looks like it (like a cartoon)

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