AP Psych

the tendancy for vision to dominate all other senses

• parts of the organized whole
• descriped principles by which we organize perception from sensation

the organization of the visual field into objects (figures) and the background surroundings (ground)

• the perceptual tendancy to organize stumili into coherant groups. these groups include
• proximity
• similarity
• continuity
• connectedness
• closure

the ability to see objects in 3 dimensions although the images that strike the retina ate 2D

a lab experiment used to determine infant's abilities to percieve depth

• indications of depth that require 2 eyes to detect
• Retinal Disparity
• Convergence

• perciving 2 different images form each eye, and the bigger the difference btw the 2, the closer they are
• binocular cue

• the extent to which the eyes converge inward when looking at an object
• the greater the strain, the closer the object
• binocular cue

• indications of depth that only require one eye
• relative size
• relative clarity
• interposition
• texture gradient
• relative height

an illusion of movement created when 2 or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession

perciveing objects as unchanging even as stimulation and retinal images change