Sunday, November 2, 2014

Laws of Perception

Closure

Description- Filling in gaps to create a complete, whole object.
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Continuity

Description- Perceiving smooth, continuous patterns rather than discontinuous ones.
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Similarity

Description- Grouping together figures that are similar to each other.
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Proximity

Description- Grouping nearby figures together.
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Figure-Ground

Description- relationship continually reverses, but always we organize the stimulus into a figure seen against a ground

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A Binocular Cue

Description- Depth cues, such as retinal disparity and convergence, that depend on the use of two eyes; judging the distance of two object

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Monocular Cues

Texture Gradient

Description- A gradual change from a coarse, distinct texture to a fine, indistinct texture signals increasing distance. Objects far away appear smaller and more densely packed.

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Linear Perspective

Description- Parallel lines, such as railroad tracks appear to converge with distance. The more the lines converge, the greater their perceived distance.

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Motion Perception

Description- Large objects appear to move more slowly than smaller objects

Example- When a truck and car are driving and the truck appears to be moving slower than the cars.






Size Constancy

Description- Perceiving objects having constant size while the distance varies

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Brightness Constancy

Description- Also called lightness constancy, perceiving an object as having a constant lightness even while its illumination varies.

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Shape Constancy

Description- Perceiving the form of familiar objects as constant even while our retinal images of them change.

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