TPR Perception

Question 1

Gestalt psychology

Answer 1

an organized whole perceived as more than just the sim of its parts

Question 2

emergence

Answer 2

when an image appears as a whole and seems to pop out at you (Gestalt)

Question 3

figure/ground

Answer 3

the gestalt principle that describes our perceptual tendency to separate the figure or object from everything else based on a number of possible variables

Question 4

multistability

Answer 4

the tendency for ambiguous pictures to pop back and forth between alternative interpretations in the brain

Question 5

gestalt laws of grouping

Answer 5

• proximity
• continuity
• closure
• common fate
• connectedness

Question 6

law of proximity

Answer 6

things that are near each other seem grouped together

Question 7

law of continuity

Answer 7

suggests that points that we perceive as smooth, continuous lines and formes, rather than jointed ones

Question 8

law of closure

Answer 8

predicts that we will percieve things as complete, logical entities, because our brains will fill the gaps in the information

Question 9

law of common fate

Answer 9

predicts that objects moving in the same direction are perceived as a unit or group

Question 10

law of connectedness

Answer 10

predicts that things that are joined or linked or grouped are perceived as connected