Chapter 6 - Fallibility of Visual Perception

Question 1

Examples of Illusion

Answer 1

Ponzo
Muller-Lyer Illusion
Ames Room Illusion
Moon size illusion

Question 2

Examples of Ambiguous Impossible Figures

Answer 2

Impossible figures, Ambiguous Figures

Question 3

Ponzo Illusion

Answer 3

An optical illusion in which two identical figures are made to appear of different sizes because of the effect of the perspective

Question 4

Muller-Lyer Illusion

Answer 4

two lines of equal length appear to be unequal (the depth cue leads us to see that line as further away therefore shorted and vice versa this depth cue less us to believe that this line is closer therefore longer)

Question 5

Carpentered World Hypothesis of Muller-Lyer Illusion

Answer 5

this illusion occurs form misapplication of size scaling

Question 6

Ames Room

Answer 6

a distorted room that creates an optical illusion (requires specific viewpoint) e.g. LOTR

Question 7

Two examples of Impossible Figures

Answer 7

MC Escher’s Waterfall & Necker Cube