ch 6 the fallibility of visual perception

Question 1

ambiguous figure

Answer 1

a type of optical illusion that exploits visual similarities

Question 2

carpentered world hypothesis

Answer 2

a theory applied to the Muller-Lyer illusion that proposes that our familiarity with the right angles and straight lines fo the built environments informs our interpretation of linear perspective in pictorial depth perception

Question 3

illusion

Answer 3

a phenomenon in which perceptions consistently differ from objective reality

Question 4

impossible figure

Answer 4

a type of optical illusion involving a two-dimensional figure which people interpret as three-dimensional

Question 5

perceptual compromise theory

Answer 5

an explanation for the Muller-Lyer illusion, proposing that we perceive the line with feather-tails as being longer that the arrow-headed line because our minds apply the Gestalt principle of closure

Question 6

visual illusion

Answer 6

a figure structured so that perception will consistently differ from objective reality