PSYC 375 - Exam 3 Review Questions and Correct Answers

-taking the individual pieces of information, and building upon it - structuralism - Tichner - looking for basic "sensations" bottom-up processing - gestalt - the "whole configuration" - Wetheimer, Koffka, Kohler Top-down processing What are the 5 Gestalt Principles? similarity, proximity, group continuation, closure, common fate/ common motion - things that look alike are grouped together similarity - things that are close together are typically grouped together Proximity - we preserve what makes the most sense in terms of lines - if a pattern is shown, that's easy to distinguish group continuation - perceptually, we complete incomplete objects closure - things that move together are perceived as together common fate/ common motion - easiest, simplest, symmetrical . . . whatever is the easiest to perceive is what's going to be perceived - perceptual organization will always be as regular, simple, and symmetric as possible law of pragnanz - oculomotor cues - accommodation gets stronger and eyes converge when looking at close objects - the feeling of the eye muscles working can be a cue to depth - only good to about 6 feet accommodation, vergence Gaze Elevation: prism study - they walked further distance/most accurate, shifts the world UP Base-down prism Gaze elevation: prism study - they walked a shorter distance; shift the world DOWN base-up prism Monocular Cues - occlusion