Week 2 Direct Perception

Question 1

What is Direct perception

Answer 1

Th idea that we have evolved to interact with the environment successfully.

Question 2

How do we learn according to the direct perspective theory?

Answer 2

We learn by establishing a relationship between the action and the environment.

Question 3

What is affordance?

Answer 3

It is the opportunity for action that the environment provides. Relationship between body and environment. Example, rather than a chair you perceive it as something to sit on.

Question 4

Explain perception - Action Coupling

Answer 4

we don’t only use vision to guide our movements, but our movements generates further visual information.

Question 5

What are the two global optic flows and which direction do each of the term present

Answer 5

Moving forwards: Outflow

Moving backwards: Inflow

Question 6

What’s a local flow?

Answer 6

It is the disturbance in the visual field or, if the observer is moving, in a global flow.

Question 7

What is Perceptual invariant?

Answer 7

Refers to the fact that whatever the observer is senses in the eye, or their movement follow the law of physics

Question 8

What does Linear perspective imply

Answer 8

It implies that objects that are further away will appear closer together.