Ch2 Perception

Question 0

Figure ground perception

Answer 0

When you can perceive two different things depending on what you consider the background and what you consider the figure

Question 1

Closure

Answer 1

The tendency to perceive the complete herbal figure even when there are gaps in what your senses tell you

Question 2

Proximity

Answer 2

Nearness whether you consider changing groups or individual

Question 3

Similarity

Answer 3

When people think of similar objects as belonging together

Question 4

Continuity

Answer 4

When people see smooth continuous patterns and not disrupted ones

Question 5

Law of common fate

Answer 5

When you see things moving together and assume that they belong together

Question 6

Stroboscope motion

Answer 6

The illusion of movement produced by showing the rapid progressions of images or objects that are not moving at all

Question 7

Monocular cues

Answer 7

Need only one eye to be perceived for example depth

Question 8

What are the monocular cues

Answer 8

Depth perspective clearness overlapping shadow and texture gradient

Question 9

Perspective

Answer 9

The tendency to see parallel lines as coming closer together or converging as they move away from us

Question 10

Clearness

Answer 10

Nearby objects appear clear faraway objects seem less clear

Question 11

Overlapping

Answer 11

Perceiving one object as being in front of another

Question 12

Shadows and highlights

Answer 12

Give information about objects three-dimensional shapes and where they are placed in relation to the source of light

Question 13

Texture gradient

Answer 13

Surface quality and appearance of an object

Question 14

Parallax

Answer 14

Tendency of objects to seem to move forward or backward depending on how far away they are from the viewer

Question 15

Binocular cues for depth

Answer 15

Both eyes are required

Question 16

Retinal disparity

Answer 16

Demonstrating in the experiment when using two fingers holding up moving each image will be slightly different because the finger will be seen at different angles

Question 17

Convergence

Answer 17

When we try to focus on something coming closer to us our eyes converge look cross eyed

Question 18

Perceptual constancies

Answer 18

Size color brightness shape

Question 19

Size constancy

Answer 19

The tendency to perceive an object is being of one size no matter how far away the object is even though the size of its image on the retina varies with its distance

Question 20

Color constancy

Answer 20

Tendency to perceive objects as being their color even though different light might change the appearance of their Color

Question 21

Brightness constancy

Answer 21

Tendency to perceive an object is being equally bright even when the intensity of the light around it changes

Question 22

Shape constancy

Answer 22

Knowledge that an item has only one shape no matter what angle you view the item from