lecture 5

Question 1

Stress Reduction Theory (SRT, Ulrich, 1983)

Answer 1

• Psycho-evolutionary Theory
• Nature possesses stress-reducing qualities that
  affect both emotional and physiological outcomes

Question 2

Attention Restoration Theory (ART)

Answer 2

suggests that mental fatigue and concentration can be improved by time spent in, or looking at nature.

Question 3

Specific qualities of natural environments

Answer 3

• Being away
• Extent
• Compatibility
• (Soft) Fascination

Question 4

Operation Span Task

Answer 4

Measures working memory

Question 5

what is the top down proces?

Answer 5

data-driven, and your perception of what it is that you’re looking at directs your cognitive awareness of the object.

Question 6

Theory: Gestalt

Answer 6

Perceptual organization does not logically follow from the image that hits the retina (not only bottomup)
Max Wertheimer (1880-1943)

Question 7

what is segregation?

Answer 7

defining one area from another area

Question 8

what is grouping?

Answer 8

Process by which visual events are “put together”

Question 9

Figure ground segregation characteristics:

Answer 9

• Figure is part of foreground
• Background continues behind figure
• Contour belongs to the figure (border ownership)

Question 10

Figure-ground segregation:

Answer 10

• Lower areas are more likely perceived asmfigures (no left/right preference)
• Lower areas are more likely perceived as figures

Question 11

Spatial navigation

Answer 11

Perceiving and remembering objects and their relation to the overall scene (McCunn & Gifford, 2018)

Question 12

place identity

Answer 12

Cognitive
* Everything about this place is a reflection of me
* This place reflects the type of person I am

Place attachment
Emotional
* I feel happiest when I’m this place
* I really miss this place when I’m away from it for too long

Place dependence
Conative
* This place is the best place for doing the things I enjoy
most