PSY 2105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7.2: Color Constancy, Subjective Constancy, Visual Acuity

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2105
• Professor: Brenda Baird

Document Summary

Use preference method (study amount of time an infant spends looking @ 2 different stimuli. ) Hr increase shows fear. : pictorial cues=visual clues that indicate relative distance of an object through picture-like info (ex: position of one object in front of another. ) 7 months: kinetic cues=cues of distance produced through movement of objects or the baby. 3 months: motion parallax=observer experience that a closer object moves across the field of view faster than more distant object, even though they both move @ the same speed/objects are stationary and observer moves. Intermodal perception: ability to realize that cues from different senses go together: exploratory intermodal perception: innate ability to relate different sensory modes. Intermodal representation: ability to develop mental representation that bridge touch and visual modes. Haptic-visual relations=babies suck on a textured nipple and 2 nipples are presented beside each other the baby stares longer at the one they sucked.