CH 5 Form & Depth Perception (QUESTIONS)

Question 1

What did the Gestalt Institute argue? What were they against? What did this affect?

Answer 1

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” (against reductionism)—affected how they perceived vision

Question 2

What are the 7 laws of Gestalt’s psychology for form perception?

Answer 2

1. Proximity
2. Similarity
3. Continuity
4. Closure
5. Common region
6. Connectedness
7. Simplicity (Pragnanz)

Question 3

Elements of Pictorial Cues (8)

Answer 3

1. Interposition
2. Relative size
3. Linear
4. Perspectives
5. Texture
6. Haze
7. Shading
8. Elevation

Question 4

Example of retinal disparity and stereopsis

Answer 4

3D movies use two projectors, mimicking the way our eyes work, to display two overlapping images on the screen. Your brain then merges these separate images into a single, three-dimensional perception

Question 5

What are the 2 different eye positions for corresponding retinal points

Answer 5

1. Crossed
2. Uncrossed

Question 6

Types of visual constancies (3)

Answer 6

1. Unconscious inference
2. Form or size constancy
3. Size-distance scaling