PSC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Net., Retrograde Amnesia, Face Perception
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Perception of visual objects: gestalt principles : heuristics for reducing ambiguity (assumptions of grouping & organization, bottom up: colors, lines, texture, etc. Prototype matching idealized pattern that is a representative of all of a thing ex: normal table is sort of tall & has 4 legs compare new items to things in your memory (find match) Recognition - by - component hard since it"s difficult to describe objects like horses & dogs represented in the form of prototypes which are composed by simple 3d shapes (cubes, cones, spheres ) (geons) Similarity - similar items / input get grouped together in our minds similar things will be assumed to be connected o similar location, shape, or color. Proximity o o visual input that"s close together tends to be grouped together even if shape or color is different. Continuity there"s a connection between 2 or more elements which don"t actually touch.
