Modle 9

In the figure-ground relationship, one has a tendency to perceive objects:

that are close to one another as part of the same grouping.

Perception is the _____.

process by which people take all the sensations they experience at any given moment and interpret them in some meaningful fashion

As you talk with a friend at a party, her voice is distinct from all the other voices you hear. This illustrates the perceptual principle of:

proximity.

A person will perceive a coin as a circle, even if it is held at an angle to appear to the eye as an oval, because of:

similarity.

Mark is at Lambeau Field in Green Bay watching the Packers play the Minnesota Vikings. Throughout the stadium he sees people wearing green and gold (the Packers' colors) but every so often he notices pockets of people wearing the Vikings' color, purple. Mark concludes those people must be Vikings fans. Mark's logic follows the Gestalt principle of:

similarity.

You are an artist and you are interested in completing a painting that gives a three-dimensional appearance. You want to show a beach in the foreground of the painting, people swimming in the ocean, and sailboats in the distance. Which perceptual principles will be most helpful as you complete your painting?

Gestalt principles of proximity and continuity

The ________ illusion tends to occur more in societies with lots of buildings that have straight lines and corners.

Müller-Lyer

The linear perspective is an example of: motion parallax. a muscular cue. a binocular cue. a monocular cue.

a binocular cue.

One's tendency to perceive things in a certain way because of previous experience or expectation is called:

a monocular clue.

While on a class field trip, Erika was mistakenly guided away from her group because she was standing closer to students from another class. The rule of perception to which this mix-up may best relate is _______.

closure

As we perceive the environment, we use Gestalt principles of good form to help organize things into meaningful groups and forms. In observing a football game on TV we are immediately able to recognize the players as members of their respective teams, regardless of their positions on the field. Which Gestalt principle is most responsible for this ability?

continuity

As the farmer looked across her field, the parallel rows of young corn plants appeared to converge in the distance. This provided her with a distance cue known as:

interposition

People who are blind from birth, but later have their sight restored, are unlikely to develop

depth perception.

The phenomenon of lightness constancy explains why:

dim objects appear to be moving faster than objects with more light cast on them, and brighter objects seem to be moving more slowly.

Randy and Amad are both listening to the same music. Randy thinks the music is mellow and relaxing while Amad thinks the music is unpleasant to the ear. Randy and Amad appear to have different _______ when it comes to the music they are listening to.

measures of frequency

Closure is the tendency to:

perceive objects that look similar as being part of the same group.

As the airplane descended for a landing, the pilot saw several beautiful islands that appear to float in the vast expanse of blue ocean water. In this instance, the ocean is a:

perceptual set.

If an object of known size appears small like a car, your brain assumes it to be far away from you. This rule describes the monocular depth cue:

relative size.