unit 3 topic 2 - visual perception Flashcards
What is involved in the process of sensation
Reception, transduction, transmission
What is reception
Stimulus is recognised by photo receptors
what is transduction
information is processed by receptive fields
What is transmission
The optic nerve carries information to the occipital lobe
What is involved in the process of perception
Selection, organisation, and interpretation
What is selection
Feature detectors focus on particular elements of stimuli
What is organisation
The use of visual cues to interpret details
What is interpretation
The temporal lobe applies meaning to stimulus based on memories
What are Gestalt Principles
organise visual perception
What are depth cues
The ability to judge 3-dimensional space and distance by using cues from the surrounding environment.
What are the two types of depth cues
Binocular and monocular
Perceptual Constancies
Tendency to maintain a stable perception of the stimulus even though the image may change
What was Hudson research
Found that education and cultural assumptions influenced how images were perceived.
what year was hudsons research
1960
What was Derogowski’s research
Non-Western tribes lack pictorial depth perception and many non-Western tribal people prefer split drawings to perspective drawings
