Things That Affect Visual Perception.

Question 1

What kind of factors can affect visual perception?

Answer 1

Biological, Psychology and Social.

Question 2

What psychological factors affect visual perception?

Answer 2

Context, emotional state, motivation, past experience and perceptual set.

Question 3

What biological factors affect visual perception?

Answer 3

Genetics, individual physiology makeup & ageing.

Question 4

What social factors affect visual perception?

Answer 4

Culture.

Question 5

Individual Physiological Make-Up. - Visual

Answer 5

Some people are born with faulty eyes.

eg, short sighted people have an eyeball too long.

Question 6

Ageing. - Visual

Answer 6

Ageing often develops problems with our eyes.

eg, cataracts may develop. (causes the lens to be cloudy)

Question 7

Genetics. - Visual

Answer 7

Visual disorders can be passed on genetically.

eg, colour blindness.

Question 8

Perceptual Set (expectancy) - Visual

Answer 8

Prior exposure to stimuli can affect our visual perception.

eg, you could like things from your first partner in your future partners.

Question 9

Motivation & Emotional State. - Visual

Answer 9

Sometimes we perceived things based on our motivation.

eg, if hungry, you could perceive ‘FUEL AHEAD’ as ‘FOOD AHEAD’

Question 10

Context. - Visual

Answer 10

Information that surrounds stimuli can affect perception.

eg, 6.5 is big to 4.5 yet small to 7.5

Question 11

Culture - Visual

Answer 11

Culture can play a role in a visual perception.

eg, some depth cues may not develop due to people living places with that not existent depth cues.