Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Retinal Ganglion Cell, Subjective Constancy, Railways Act 1921

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Emilie Rivers

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Q a researcher is recording from a visual cell. The cell shows maximum firing to a spot of light at a particular area on the screen. A slit of light decreases th firing rate. When you look at an object, or target (all things being equal) we will assume: over lap, linear perspective. Important, because straight lines will always go to a point in the back: texture gradient. Re-scale the size of objects so that they remain constant at any distance. Like looking at the moon and sun, we know it"s not that small. The cone in the picture appear to be different size. Comes from our learning size constancy system. Gregory says that this is the result of growing up in a rectangular world: if they didn"t grow up in a rectangular world, they wouldn"t see it ex. He did it in africa and they said it was the same. Constructionists create meaning from basic elements or features.