4.21-4.25: Perception

Question 1

A school of psychological thought that attempted to explain how various elements group together to from objects, arguing that perception is more than a simple piecing together of building blocks

Answer 1

Gestalt psychology

Question 2

Depth information gathered from the separation between an individual’s two eyes

Answer 2

Binocular cues

Question 3

The magnitude of difference between the images projected on an individual’s two eyes

Answer 3

Binocular disparity

Question 4

Depth information that can be gathered by only one eye

Answer 4

Monocular cues

Question 5

The phenomenon whereby the brain adjusts its perception of distance in order to perceive an object’s actual size as constant, taking into account changes in retinal size

Answer 5

Size constancy

Question 6

The phenomenon whereby the brain adjusts its perception of color to hold it constant, taking into account changes in lighting conditions

Answer 6

Color constancy

Question 7

A predisposition that influences what we perceive based on recent experience or context

Answer 7

Perceptual set