PSYCH 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Subjective Constancy, Depth Perception, Retina
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The means by which info is acquired from the environment via the sense organs and transformed into experiences (perceptions) of objects, events, sounds, tastes, etc. Distal stimulus proximal stimulus percept. First arrow is basic physics, second arrow is process of perception. At a distance, the thing you"re trying to perceive. The pattern of the stimulus on your sense organs. Visual example: the image of the object you"re trying to see on your retina. When percept does not correspond to distal stimulus. Spiral illusion shown in class - the pattern of the circles make it appear as though they are spirals. Seeing motion in a static picture due to pattern. When proximal stimulus does not correspond to distal stimulus, but percept does. If you focus on a moving object, the object is on the same place on your retina, but you perceive that the object is moving.
