PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Depth Perception, Bacon, Availability Heuristic

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

Document Summary

Perception - the whole is not equal to the sum of its parts. The whole is not equal to the sum of its parts. Our thoughts and preconceptions shape what we perceive. We don"t perceive reality; reality may be out there in the abstract, but our perceptions are our take on reality. We do not see exactly what is out there, our perceptions are shaped by our thoughts. See through the lens of our thoughts and preconceptions. Exactly the same stimuli produces two radically different perceptions. Proximity - we group things that are close together as being part of the same group. Similarity - tend to group similar things together. Connectedness - things that are connected together we tend to group together. There is meaning being supplied when it is physically not there at all. Tend to see things as a whole, as a gestalt, as a good form, even when it is not there ie. necker"s cube.