Lecture 1 + Lecture 2

Question 1

What are the main 5 human senses?

Answer 1

1. vision 2. audition 3. olfaction 4. gustation 5. somatosensation

Question 2

umvelt

Answer 2

the world as you perceive it

Question 3

Plato’s Cave

Answer 3

The idea of hermits in a cave watching shadows on the way and believing this depicts what life is, but in reality the shadows are being cast by puppets

Question 4

object’s reflectance * illuminant

Answer 4

= light that hits our eyes

Question 5

explain the blue/black or yellow/white dress hypothesis discussed in class

Answer 5

Hypothesis: morning people assume more natural light
Gold and white
Night owls assume more artificial light
Black and blue
Thus → can be subjective

Question 6

inverse projection problem

Answer 6

Converting object to 2D image is straightforward, but knowing what causes us to perceive a 2d object is not

Question 7

Underlying problem (perceptual system)

Answer 7

determining what is useful of physical world to determine the physical stimulus

Question 8

goal of perception – classic cognitive psychology

Answer 8

to create a representation of the mind

Question 9

action-specific perception hypothesis

Answer 9

to enable us to interact with the environment