PSYC100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Depth Perception
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Gestalt-organized whole; integrate informaion as one form together. Figure-ground-the organizaion of the visual ield into objects that stand out from their surroundings. Grouping-perceptual tendency to organize simuli into coherent groups: proximity, similarity, coninuity, connectedness, closure. Depth percepion-ability to see objects in 3 dimensions (2-d images but allows judgment of distance) Visual clif-laboratory device for tesing depth percepion in infants and young animals. Binocular cues-depth cues, such as reinal disparity (depend on use of 2 eyes) Reinal disparity-binocular cue for perceiving depth: compare 2 images & brain computes distance between them. Monocular cues-depth cues, such as interposiion and linear perspecive (each eye separately) Phi phenomenon-an illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and of in quick succession. Perceptual constancy-perceiving objects as unchanging even as illuminaion and reinal images change. Color constancy-perceiving familiar objects as having consistent color, even if changing illuminaion alters the wavelengths relected by the object.
