PSYCH 101 Lecture 10: PSYCH 101 – Lecture 10 - Depth Perception
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Psych 101 lecture #10 3-4 depth perception and optical illusions. Depth perception: depth perception refers to our ability to three-dimensionally perceive how far away an object is (rather than the two-dimensional image that is actually displayed on the retina) Prof. brown, lecture 10 (3-4), slide #8: overlap (a. k. a interposition): if an object is partially covered by another, we perceive that the object being blocked is farther away, the deer being blocked is perceived as farther away. Slide #9: texture gradient: if an object or surface is farther away, its texture will appear finer and smoother whereas closer up it appears more defined. Prof. brown, lecture 10 (3-4), slide #10: aerial perspective: if an object is farther away, it will have less of a contrast against the background object might appear hazy. Illusions are important to understand in psychology because they provide information regarding our perceptual strategies: m ller-lyer illusion: the line on the right appears longer than the left.
