PSY 1010 Mod 7: Perceptual Organization

Match the description of the Gestalt principle of perception on the left with the correct term on the right we perceive objects as being the same color, even when illumination changes

color constancy

Match the description of the Gestalt principle of perception on the left with the correct term on the right we perceive items that touch as connected

connectedness

Gestalt Psychologists say that our brains organize images into

figure and ground

Match the description of the Gestalt principle of perception on the left with the correct term on the right objects that block other objects are perceived as closer

interpostion

Match the description of the Gestalt principle of perception on the left with the correct term on the right we perceive converging parallel lines as distance

linear perspective

Match the description of the Gestalt principle of perception on the left with the correct term on the right ability to adjust to an artifically displaced visual field (as when you are wearing glasses that turns everything upside down)

perceptual adaptation

Match the description of the Gestalt principle of perception on the left with the correct term on the right we mentally group things that are close together

proximity

Match the description of the Gestalt principle of perception on the left with the correct term on the right objects that are higher in our visual field are perceived as farther away

relative height

Match the description of the Gestalt principle of perception on the left with the correct term on the right the images from our two eyes differ because they are separated by a few centimeters

retinal disparity

Match the description of the Gestalt principle of perception on the left with the correct term on the right we perceive objects as the same even when their shape changes (when viewed from a different angle)

shape constancy

Match the description of the Gestalt principle of perception on the left with the correct term on the right we mentally group items that are similars

similarity