Week 3: Part 4 Flashcards
1
Q
Who made the theory of unconscious inference, the likelihood principle, and the the unconscious inferences concepts?
A
Herman von Helmholtz, think of blue and red rectangle photos
2
Q
What is the theory of unconscious inference?
A
it is the ability to create perceptions from stimulus information that can be seen in more than one way
3
Q
what is the likelihood principle?
A
we perceive the object that is most likely to have caused the pattern of stimuli we have received, the white rectangle causing the space
4
Q
what is an unconscious inference?
A
unconscious process
