Module 17-Perceptual processing

Question 1

Gestalt

Answer 1

An organized whole. Gestalt psychologist emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes

Question 2

Figure-ground

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Grouping

Answer 3

The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups

Question 4

Three principles of grouping

Answer 4

Proximity, continuity and closure

Question 5

Depth perception

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Visual cliff

Answer 6

A laboratory device for testing depth perception of babies and young animals

Question 7

Binocular cues

Answer 7

A depth cue, such as retinal disparity that depends ont the use of two eyes

Question 8

Retinal disparity

Answer 8

A binocular cue for perceiving depth. By comparing retinal images from the two eyes, the brain compute distance- the greater the disparity (difference) between the two images, the closer the object

Question 9

Monocular cues

Answer 9

A depth cue, such as interpositions or liner perspective, available to either eye alone

Question 10

Phi phenomenon

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Perceptual constancy

Answer 11

Perceiving objects as unchanging (having consistent colour, brightness, shape, and size) even as illumination and retinal images change