PSY 395 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Negative Space, Sensory Deprivation, Microstructure
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Two lines are closer, seen as a figure. Figure-ground boundary: one line (one side woman, one side old man) but can"t see both at same time (one becomes figure while the other becomes ground, one line - common contour or shared contour. Graphic symbols: arrows and m graphic - see either one but not both at the same time depending on where you focus. Similar concepts to figure-ground: positive-negative space or signal-to-noise ratio - increasing amounts of graininess lower the signal-to-noise ratio, causing a poor figure-ground relationship. Graininess and noise: the microstructure clumping of the silver or dye particles that make up the image, graininess - judged subjectively, granularity - judged objectively to assign a value, also referred to as noise. Notan - light-dark: ground of negative space is essential, neither figure nor ground is dominant (equal, a silhouette is notan when the white background area, or negative space, becomes figure due to its interesting shape.
