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Agenda – Wednesday, January 29 th. Reading Quiz #3 S&P Terms/Notes S&P Group assignment Tomorrow: S&P Group assignment presentation. Sensation & Perception. Sensation: Process by which humans receive stimuli Perception: Process of organizing and interpreting sensory information.
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Agenda – Wednesday, January 29th • Reading Quiz #3 • S&P Terms/Notes • S&P Group assignment • Tomorrow: S&P Group assignment presentation
Sensation & Perception • Sensation: Process by which humans receive stimuli • Perception: Process of organizing and interpreting sensory information
Weber’s Law • The principle that, to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage (rather than a constant amount) • Example 1: • Class Chatter: 10 decibels -Teacher Talking: 13 decibels • Class Chatter: 50 decibels -Teacher Talking: 53 decibels • Example 2: • Holding 1 Psych book -Holding 2 Psych books • Holding 6 Psych books -Holding 12 Psych books
Gestalt Principles • Similarity • Proximity • Closure • Continuity • Connectedness
Depth Cues • Binocular (2 eyes) • Retinal Disparity • Convergence • Monocular (1 eye) • Relative Height • Relative Size • Interposition • Linear Perspective • Relative Motion • Light & Shadow • Texture Gradient • Relative Clarity
Phi Phenomenon • Illusion of movement created by blinking lights
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/mot-adapt/index.html • http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/cog_Darwin/index.html • http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/cog_letters-ink/index.html • http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/cog_hiddenBird/index.html