Module 16

Question 0

An organized hole. Gestalt psychologists emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes.

Answer 0

Gestalt

Question 1

The tendency for vision to dominate the other senses.

Answer 1

Visual capture

Question 2

The organization of the visual field into objects (the figures) that stand out from their surroundings (the ground.)

Answer 2

Figure-ground

Question 3

The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups.

Answer 3

Grouping

Question 4

The ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows us to judge distance.

Answer 4

Depth perception

Question 5

A laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants and young animals.

Answer 5

Visual cliff

Question 6

Depth cues, such as retinal disparity and convergence, that depend on the use of two eyes.

Answer 6

Binocular cues

Question 7

a binocular cue for perceiving depth: by comparing images from the two eyeballs, the brain computes distance – the greater the disparity (difference) between the two images, the closer the object.

Answer 7

Retinal disparity

Question 8

The binocular cue for perceiving depth; the extent to which the eyes converge inward when looking at an object. The greater the inward strain, the closer the object.

Answer 8

Convergence

Question 9

Depth cues, such as interposition and linear perspective, available to either eye alone.

Answer 9

Monocular cues

Question 10

An illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession.

Answer 10

Phl phenomenon

Question 11

Perceiving objects as unchanging (having consistent lightness, color, shape, and size) even as illumination and retinal images change.

Answer 11

Perceptual constancy