PSYC 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Olympic Symbols, Gestalt Psychology, Face Perception
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Difficult to design a perceiving machine because: stimulus on receptors is ambiguous. Use image that falls on retina to determine the object that created it. Inverse projection problem- task of determining the object responsible for a particular image on the retina; involves starting with retinal image and extending rays out from the eye. Images of objects are continually changing, depending on the angle you view them at viewpoints. Viewpoint invariance- ability to recognize an object seen from different. Perceptual organization- process by which elements in the environment become perceptually grouped to create our perception of objects. Incoming stimuli are organized into coherent units such as objects. Grouping- process by which visual events are put together into units or objects. Segregation- process of separating one area or object from another (knowing where one starts and the other begins) Structuralism- defines sensations as elementary processes that occur due to stimulation of the senses and defines perception as more complex conscious experiences.
