Chapter 1

Question 1

Behavior setting

Answer 1

A particular place with definable boundaries and objects in which a standing pattern of behavior occurs at a particular time.

Question 2

Binocular disparity

Answer 2

The difference between what the left eye sees and right eye sees.

Question 3

Closure

Answer 3

concept in Gestalt psychology that states that humans tend to perceive incomplete forms as complete.

Question 4

Continuity

Answer 4

A concept in Gestalt psychology that states that humans tend to see a line or shape as continuing in a particular direction.

Question 5

Cue inconsistency

Answer 5

The occurrence of one or more sights, sounds, smells, or tactile perceptions that conflict with the overall perception of a unified environmental experience within a space.

Question 6

Evidence-based design

Answer 6

Design that is based on credible research showing a link between one or more environmental elements with a desired outcome.

Question 7

Figure-ground

Answer 7

A concept in Gestalt psychology that describes how humans distinguish a form (the figure) from its surroundings (the ground).

Question 8

Gestalt psychology

Answer 8

A theory that states that humans innately perceive things as a whole instead of as made up of individual parts, adding structure so what is perceived is complete and comprehensible.

Question 9

Grouping

Answer 9

A concept in Gestalt psychology that states that humans perceive separate elements in a visual field as a group.

Question 10

Perceptual consistency

Answer 10

The human ability to perceive an object or space as being the same regardless of the change in the position or orientation of the viewer.

Question 11

Proxemics

Answer 11

A term coined by Edward T. Hall to describe the interrelated theories and observations of how people use space as an elaboration of culture, especially how people position themselves relative to other people.

Question 12

Simplicity

Answer 12

A concept in Gestalt psychology that states that humans tend to perceive the simplest, most stable organization of forms in the visual field rather than a complex collection of parts.

Question 13

Simultaneous contrast

Answer 13

The apparent change in a color based on the background color it is seen against.

Question 14

Territoriality

Answer 14

The need of humans (and other animals) to lay claim to the spaces they occupy and the things they own.