PSY 102: Psychology in the Modern World Your Name:

Instructor: Bob Melara Your Section:

FALL 2015 Your TA’s Name:

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Homework #6 (Perception)

1. a) Describe Gestalt psychology’s contribution to our understanding of perception. b) Name and describe the 5 principles of perceptual grouping in form perception.

2. a) Explain the importance of depth perception, and b) discuss the contribution of visual cliff research to our understanding of this ability.

3. a) Explain the difference between top-down processing and bottom-up processing. b) Provide an example of each. c) What is perceptual set? d) Give an example of how it influences what we do or do not perceive?

4. The ability to see objects in three dimensions despite their two-dimensional representation on our retinas is called ______________ _______________. It enables us to estimate _________________.

5. Our tendency to see objects as unchanging while the stimuli from them change in size, shape, and lightness is called ________________ _____________.

6. The context of a stimulus creates a ___________ (top-down/bottom-up) expectation that influences our perception as we match our ___________ (top-down/bottom-up) signal against it.

7. The ability to see objects in three dimensions despite their two-dimensional representation on our retinas is called __________ ______________. It enables us to estimate __________________.

8. Thanks to ___________ _______________ we see objects as having a constant hue relative to surrounding objects.

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