PSY 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Illusory Contours, Subjective Constancy, Depth Perception
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Chapter 4 (visual perception (and attention): visual perception of form, seeing one thing and without changing vision, seeing other things. Other issues in perception: attention, visual perception of form. Objects that are close together are grouped together: law of similarity. Similar objects are grouped together: law of good continuity. We want to see an image in a way that makes the most continuous sense: law of closure. We will connect the dots to make the simplest image. We see a triangle instead of a three angles or a square instead of four angles or a circle instead of four arcs: law of common fate. Objects that move together are perceived as belonging together. Objects that share a common fate are grouped together. Depth perception: binocular cues (2 functioning eyes) a. i. When we look at something and switch eyes, the thing moves back and forth depending on which eye we are looking through: binocular disparity b. i.
