PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Mental Rotation, Necker Cube, Agnosia

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2650
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Determination of what the figure is and what is the ground. The gestalt principles: geometry of an object remains the same the only reason why an object appears differently (necker cube) is because of how it is being perceived by the individual. Information is sometimes interpreted when it is not provided: such as the flashlight example from class, or a bowl of fruit and an apple is covered by a banana and you still perceive the apple as an apple. Perceiving background images as continuous even when cut off from appearance in certain locations. Like colour grouping: similarity, proximity, continuation, closure, simplicity. Perceive groups of objects that are close to one another. Items that fit together are seemed to be together even when segments are absent from sight. Perceive closed figures rather than open ones such as lines forming a triangle but missing segments so our mind fills them in for us.