PSYC 2390 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Illusory Contours, Wilhelm Wundt, Retina

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2390
• Professor: Naseem Al- Aidroos

Document Summary

Inverse projecion problem fact that a paricular image on the reina can be created by many diferent objects o. If we know an object"s shape, distance and orientaion. Can determine shape of object"s image on reina. Paricular image on reina can be created by an ininite number of objects. Info from a single view of an object can be ambiguous o. Make use of knowledge from past experiences in perceiving objects. Occurs any ime one object obscures part of another object o. People understand the part of an object that is covered coninues to exist. Able to use knowledge of environment to determine what is likely to be present. Even though things are blurred, people can oten idenify blurred objects/people o. Objects are oten viewed from diferent angles o. Viewpoint invariance ability to recognize an object seen from diferent viewpoints. Gestalt psychologists whole coniguraion that can"t be described merely as the sum of its parts.