PSY270H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lab Report, Ebbinghaus Illusion, Optical Illusion
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Test 1 review questions: research regarding the association between perception and action has yielded mixed results. Provide one piece of evidence that supports and interaction between perception and action and one piece of evidence that demonstrates their dissociation. (4) Dissociation: when presented with circles in the configuration of the ebbinghaus illusion, participants make the same hand movements when asked to pick up the centre circle. That is, even though we perceive the 2 centre circles to be different sizes, our motor actions reflect the true size (the same same circle). Describe an example of the experience error that we discussed in class. (4) The experience error is the false believe that our perception is directly given by the physical energy entering our sensory system. Any 1 of the following examples for 2 points: We have the impression of a continuous visual experience, but in reality, vision is a series of fixation-saccade cycles.
