Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Stroop Effect, Stereopsis, Retinal Ganglion Cell

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mike Atkinson

Document Summary

Q: a researcher is recording from a visual cell. The cell shows maximum firing to a spot of light at a particular area on the screen. A slit of light at the same location decreases the firing rate. Principles of grouping: similarity, proximity, closure. Binocular (two eyes) vs. monocular cues (one eye) You can get some of this information without two eyes (binocular cues) We live in a rectangular based world. People in african planes of the savannah live in non- rectangular based homes. How do we c=recognize and make sense of. Constructionists create meaning (reality) from basic element or features. Register small components and build into larger, meaningful units. Takes our experience and applies it to images (use that theory of experience to explain image) Get rid of this through: automatic processing. Not in awareness (e. g. , driving a car) Reading is automatic you: controlled processing will read word instead of saying the colour of the word.