PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Color Constancy, Phantom Limb, Neural Adaptation
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-> neural impulses --> brain (visual, auditory, olfactory areas) Perceptual adaptation: in vision, this refers to our ability to adjust to an artificially displaced or inverted visual field. Perceptual set: when our experiences, assumptions and expectations greatly influence what we perceive. Example: 12 13 14 vs. a 13 c. Perceptual habits: learned patterns of attention and organization; knowing what to expect and where to look. Perceptual constancies: perceptual constancies allow us to perceive objects as having stable properties; learned only through experience. Size constancy: when the perceived size of an object stays the same even when there"s a change in distance between object and viewer. Example: size of hand stays constant even though as one brings their hand closer to their eye its size increases and as. Shape constancy: an object"s perceived shape remains the same even though the object changes it orientation toward the viewer. Color constancy: an object"s perceived color remains the same even when lighting conditions change.
