PSY 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cognitive Development, Psych, Retina

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 001
• Professor: del rio

Document Summary

Depth perception: involves both binocular (two eyes) and monocular (one eye) cues. Binocular depth cues: retina disparity (bc of distance between out eyes, different images fall on each retina) and the convergence (the closer the object the more our eyes are turned inward) Monocular depth cues: six cues; linear perspective, interposition, relative size, texture gradient, aerial perspective, and light and shadow. Illusions: false or misleading perceptions that help scientists study normal processes of perception (mulle-iver) Nearly objects reflect more light into our eyes than more distant objects. Given two identical objects, the dimmer one appears to be further away. The human brain can adapt to extreme change. Visual ability to adjust t an artificially displaced visual field. Like what appears to be up is really down. Perceptual set: readiness to perceive in a particular manner based on expectations. Frame of reference: our perception depends on the context of the situation. Bottom-up processing: information starts with raw sensory data.