PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Parsing, Subjective Constancy, Depth Perception
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At the end of this chapter you should be able to: The retinal image is only two-dimensional; height and width From the two-dimensional images that fall on our retinas we somehow are able to see three-dimensional objects. Seeing objects in three dimensions, or depth perception, allows us to estimate distances between those objects and us. Psychologists are particularly interested in the cues which enable people to perceive depth and distance. These cues may be monocular, effective when using one eye as well as two, or binocular, requiring the usage of both eyes. Depth perception: ability to see three-dimensional space and to accurately judge distances. Depth cues: features that supply information about distance and space. We compare the retinal image in one eye to the retinal image in the other; they differ: each eye is a slightly different distance from an object in the world.
