PSYCH 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: James Vicary, Retina, Sleep Paralysis
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Perception: organize all the things we sense into a way it makes sense for us. Perceptual schemas/template : mental representations or images for comparisons. Form perception : organization of sensations into meaningful shapes and patterns. Proximity: elements that are close to one another tend to be grouped together. In slide: we see the dots horizontally because the dots are closer horizontally than vertically. Closure: viewers tend to supply missing elements to close or complete a familiar. Similarity: elements that are similar tend to be group together. Ex: we see the two because the dark circles are similar. Simplicity: viewers tend to organize elements in the simplest way possible. Continuity: viewers tend to see elements in ways that produce a smooth figure. continuation. Perceptual constancy : objects appear to be relatively stable despite changes in the stimulation of sensory receptors. Ex: shows a series of letters, you see b. if you show a series of numbers, you see 13 .
