psychological perceptual visual

Question 1

gestalt principles

Answer 1

refers to the numerous ways in which we orginise feature of a visual scene to perceive a whole, complete form, usually in the simplest way.

Question 2

figure ground

Answer 2

organise visual information by perceptually separating important aspects of the visual field into the ‘figure’ which stands out from the ‘ground’ (surroundings). The line of separation between figure and ground is known as the CONTOUR. the contour is always perceived as belonging to the figure.

Question 3

CLOSURE

Answer 3

Perceptual tendency to mentally close up, fill in, or ignore gaps in a visual stimulus and to perceive objects as complete.

Question 4

SIMILARITY

Answer 4

The tendency to perceive that parts of a stimulus which have similar features, such as size, shape, texture or colour, as belonging together in a unit or whole.

Question 5

PROXIMITY

Answer 5

The tendency to perceive parts of a visual stimulus which are positioned close together as belonging together in a group, as a whole.
similarity tends to override proximity when the two principles co-exist.
nearness, is the tendency to perceive parts of the visual stimulus that are positioned close together as belonging together in a group