PSY 2012 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Subliminal Stimuli, Color Constancy, Subjective Constancy
15 Jun 2017
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Illusion- perception in which the way we perceive a stimulus doesn"t match its physical activity. Moon illusion, moon appears larger when it"s near the horizon. Ames room illusion, due to relative size principle, distortions in room change appearance of size. Muller-lyer illusion, a line of identical length appears longer when it ends in a set of arrowheads pointing inwards rather than outward. Due to us seeing lines as a part of a larger context. Ponzo illusion, railroad tracks illusion, converging lines enclose two objects of identical size, leading us to see the object closer to the converging lines as larger. Horizontal-vertical illusion, we perceive the vertical part of an upside down t as longer than the horizontal. Ebbinghaus-titchener illusion, leads us to see a circle as larger when surrounded by smaller circles and vice versa. Sensation- detection of physical energy by sense organs, which then send information to the brain. Perception- the brain"s interpretation of raw sensory inputs.
