Gregory's Constructivist Theory

Question 1

What is his theory ?

Answer 1

Past knowledge and experience is the most important factor of making sense of the world around us

Question 2

What does his theory state about perception ?

Answer 2

-based partly on information from senses but depends on our expectations and therefore our nurture and upbringing

Question 3

What is top-down processing ?

Answer 3

-term for perceptual processing that begins with thoughts and memories, rather than sensation

Question 4

Evidence for his theory?

Answer 4

Research by Gilchrist and Nesberg (1952) found that hunger affected how people perceived images of food.

Showed how motivation affected participants

Question 5

Weakness

Answer 5

Only states how nurture can affect this and uses artificial designs such as blob tests