PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ambiguous Image, Principles Of Grouping, Gestalt Psychology
13 Mar 2020
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Psyc 1010 lecture 10 notes perceiving forms, patterns, and objects, feature. Analysis: assembling forms, looking at the whole picture: gestalt principles and figure and ground. The drawing a poster for a circus acts involving a trained seal. No doubt you see a seal balancing a ball on its nose, and a trainer holding a fish and a whip. But suppose you had been told that the drawing is actually a poster for a costume ball. If you focus on the idea of a costume ball (stay with it a minute if you still see the seal and trainer), you will probably see a costumed man and woman. She"s handing him a hat, and he has a sword in his right hand. This tricky little sketch was made ambiguous quite intentionally. It"s a reversible figure, a drawing that is compatible with two different interpretations that can shift back and forth.
