Perception

Question 1

Principles governing perception

Answer 1

-gestalt principles (taking in environment and info as a whole)
-we organize sensory info according to “figure-ground relationship” and principles of “grouping” (looking for patterns)

Question 2

Figure-ground relationship

Answer 2

-some objects (figure) stand out from background (ground) just as the voice stands out from the melody
-sometimes, interpretations are caught going back and forth (figure-ground unclear)

Question 3

Principles of grouping (4)

Answer 3

similarity, proximity, continuity, closure

Question 4

Similarity

Answer 4

similar characteristics= a group (patterns)

Question 5

Proximity

Answer 5

objects close together in space or time are grouped

Question 6

Continuity

Answer 6

we see complex stimuli as belonging together if we note a pattern (X is two lines not four)

Question 7

Closure

Answer 7

complete figures with gaps in them (we fill in the gaps)

Question 8

Depth perception

Answer 8

-seeing the world in 3-D (judging distance and being able to not fall in the stairs)
-Binocular depth cues (muscles in eyes as we look close&far, the difference in each retinal image

Question 9

What is perception?

Answer 9

sensory information is organized and interpreted by brain

Question 10

Illusions

Answer 10

false perceptions, misconceptions, missapplications of principles that work in everyday lives

Question 11

Ambiguity

Answer 11

the brain has no prior experience to compare and tries to work it out by viewing it one way, then another

Question 12

The impossible

Answer 12

follows our 3-D ability, but defies logic

Question 13

Color constancy

Answer 13

-Perceiving familiar objects as having consistent color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths reflected by the object.
-Our experience of color depends on context. The ability to decode light is relative to the objects surrounding it.