perceptual distortion muller lyer illusion

Question 1

PERCEPTUAL DISTORTIONS

Answer 1

perceptual distortion involves an inconsistency, or ‘mismatch’, between a perceptual experience and physical reality.

Question 2

visual illusion

Answer 2

is a consistent misinterpretation (distortion or mistake) of real sensory information. an experience in which there is a mismatch between our perception and what we understand as physical reality. studied illusions in psychology are the Müller-Lyer and Ames room illusions.

Question 3

Müller-Lyer illusion

Answer 3

Franz Müller-Lyer (1857–1916) who originally described it in 1889, the Müller-Lyer illusion is a visual illusion in which one of two lines of equal length, each of which has opposite shaped ends, is incorrectly perceived as being longer than the other.