L33 Psych 100B Study Guide - Final Guide: Binocular Disparity, Parallax, Subjective Constancy
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Brain interprets that information (perception: prosopagnosia inability to recognize familiar faces. Depth perception: should we see in depth. Compute depth by this difference: do we absolutely need both eyes, demonstration. Walk from here to next appointment covering one eye. Monocular cues to depth: can perceive depth even with one eye. Based on experience in real world: size of retinal image. In real world smaller images on retina mean object is further: motion parallax when moving more distant objects move slower. Summary of depth perception: depth is perceived (created by brain) Perceptual constancy: critical for maintaining constant perception of world, knowledge of world contributes to perception. We do not perceive the moving person as getting smaller. Illusions: use assumptions we make to fool us. Explanation of ames room: assumption is that room is rectangular, actual shape is trapezoid. What you see is not necessarily what you get : perception based on. Knowledge and experience: understanding how we organize our world.
