Visual Perception - Principles Flashcards

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What are the four Gestalt principles?

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Figure ground, closure, proximity and similarity

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Define: gestalt principles

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Processes in which we organise parts of a scene by grouping them to perceive a whole, complete picture

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What is figure ground and provide an example of it?

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Organising an image into a figure (foreground) which stands out from the ground (background)
Eg. Stop sign, the white writing is the figure and the red is the ground

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How do we separate figure and ground and what does this thing belong to the figure or the ground?

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Contour - separation between figure and ground

Belongs to the figure

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What can form when the contour can’t be easily defined/belongs to both figure and ground?

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Camouflage, ambiguous/ reversible figured

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Define: closure,

Provide an example

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Tendency to close up gaps in a visual image to perceive them as a whole.
Eg stencils, IBM logo

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Define: similarity and provide an example

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Tendency to perceive similar parts of an image as being grouped together.
Eg. Uniforms, ishihara tests for colourblindness

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Define: proximity and provide an example

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Tendency to perceive parts of an image that are close together as being grouped together.
Eg. Constellations, where people stand at recess

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Define: depth perception

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Ability to use depth cues to estimate the distance of objects and to perceive the world as 3d

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Define: depth cues

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Cues which allow us to predict an objects location in space.

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Name the monocular (state which are pictorial cues) and binocular depth cues

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Binocular: convergence, retinal disparity
Monocular: accommodation, pictorial ➡️ linear perspective, interposition, texture gradient, relative size, height in the visual field

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Define: pictorial cues

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Visual perception cues which can be presented 2 dimensionally

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Convergence: define, what do changes in tension mean, only necessary within how many metres? Example

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Judging an objects location in space from the amount the eyes turn inwards.
Greater tension: closer the object, less tension: further away
Only works within 6m
Eg. If you move a pen close to your face your eyes will turn in

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Define: retinal disparity, example

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The slight difference between the two visual images on the two retinae (because of the 6-7cm distance between the eyes); objects location predicted by how difficult it is to combine the two images
Eg. Hold a pen in front of you closely using one eye at a time, see how much it moves

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Define: accommodation,

What happens to lens when it is being viewed from closer and from far away?

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The automatic adjustment of lenses to accommodate an image on the retina. allows us to estimate where an object is located in space by how much the lens bulges or elongates
Closer ➡️ bulges
Far away ➡️ lens elongates

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Define: linear perspective, example

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How parallel lines appear to converge when they move away

Eg. Train tracks, a road

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Define: interposition, example

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When one object partially covers another, the partially covered object is perceived as further away and vice versa and vice versa
Eg if two runners are running one after the other, the one that is covered is further away

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Define: texture gradient, example

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How patterned/textured objects appear to lose detail as it recedes into the distance
Eg, brick road

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Define: relative size, example

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If two objects are the same size, then the object that rogues the larger image on the retina will be perceived as closest
Eg. From a front view, looking at two people standing 10m apart

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Define: height in the visual field

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How objects which are near the horizon are perceived to be further away and vice versa
Eg. An air balloon in the air appears closer than it is if it’s near the horizon

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Define: perceptual constancy

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Tendency perceive objects as being the stable, constant and unchanging, regardless of the context in which it was viewed which could change the image cast on the retina.

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What are the 3 perceptual constancies?

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Size, shape and brightness

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Define: size constancy, example

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An objects actual size remains the same regardless of what image appears on the retinae (caused by viewing from different distances), inferred from past experience
Eg. Train in distance is the same size as train near you

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Define: shape constancy, example

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An objects shape is the same regardless of what image appears on the retinae, caused by viewing from different angles
Eg. Looking at a trophy from different angles, it still remains the same shape

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Define: brightness constancy, example

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An objects brightness is the same regardless of what image appears on the retinae, caused by changes in amount of light cast on it
Eg. Wall remains the same colour in the middle of the night as it does in the middle of the day