PSY 1018 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Depth Perception

• School: St. John's University
• Department: PSY - PSYCHOLOGY
• Course: PSY 1018
• Professor: Farbman

Document Summary

1st step: selection: we choose what we want to see, can"t do two things at once You can"t watch t. v and talk on the phone. 3 groups of 3 bangs: law of similarity: we organize stimuli so that alike elements are perceived as being together. We perceive objects so that alike stimuli are perceived as being together. Once you"re eyes starts to move, it continues to move in that direction: law of closure: we organize stimuli so that there are complete objects rather than discreet parts. The perception of distance and depth: distance: how far. Because of the distance between our eyes, each eye gets a slightly different image which is fused in the brain to give the perception of depth. This means that humans have about 2inches b/w their eyes and thus each eye is receiving a different image.