4.5

Question 1

Figure-ground

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Grouping

Answer 2

The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups

Question 3

Proximity

Answer 3

We group nearby figures together

Question 4

Similarity

Answer 4

We group similar figures together

Question 5

Continuity

Answer 5

We perceive smooth, continuous patterns rather than discontinuous ones

Question 6

Connectedness

Answer 6

We group things that are uniform and linked

Question 7

Closure

Answer 7

We fill in gaps to create a complete whole objects

Question 8

Depth perception

Answer 8

The ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows us judge distance

Question 9

Visual cliff

Answer 9

A laboratory device for testing depth perception on infants and young animals

Question 10

Each species by time it is mobile can….

Answer 10

Perceive depth

Question 11

Binocular cues

Answer 11

Depth cues such as retinal disparity, that depend on the use of eyes

Question 12

Retinal disparity

Answer 12

A binocular cue for per curving 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 13

Monocular cues

Answer 13

Depth cues, such as interdisposition and linear perspective, available to either eye alone

Question 14

Larger objects seem to move more…..

Answer 14

Slowly

Question 15

Stroboscopic movement

Answer 15

The perceived continuous movement in a rapid series of slightly varying movement

Question 16

Phi phenomenon

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Our brain constructs our….

Answer 17

Perceptions

Question 18

Perceptual constancy

Answer 18

Perceiving objects as unchanging (having consistent shapes, size, lightness, and color) even as illumination and retinal images change

Question 19

Distance could make is perceive…

Answer 19

Size differently

Question 20

Lightness constancy

Answer 20

We perceive an object as having a constant lightness even while its illumination varies

Question 21

Relative luminance

Answer 21

The amount of light an object reflects relative to its surroundings

Question 22

Color constancy

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Gestalt

Answer 23

An organized whole. Gestalt psychologists emphasized out tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes