Visual Organization and Perception

Almost half the birds in the yard were brown cardinals and the rest were bright red cardinals, so Jimmy perceived them as two distinct groups of birds. This best illustrates the principle of:

• connectedness
• similarity
• closure
• relative clarity

The tendencies of humans to group stimuli by similarity and by physical proximity to each other are illustrative of 

• Perceptual inference
• Gestalt principles
• Concept of constancy
• Prototype theory

Figures tend to be perceived as whole, complete objects, even if spaces or gaps exist in the representation, thus demonstrating the principle of:

• Closure
• Proximity
• Continuity
• Similarity

Which Gestalt Principle?

• Figure Ground Perception

• Closure

• Similarity

• Proximity

Why is it that we can see the panda in the logo and not a bunch of black shapes?

• We perceive the proximity of the shapes as a group

• We automatically fill the gaps between the black shapes to create a panda

• We simplify the scene into figures and background

• Because of the Figure/Ground principle

Since the image of a person approaching grows larger in our eyes, why do we not perceive that person turning into a giant?

• We perceive that distance is decreasing.

• Brightness constancy reveals the true size of the person

• We unconsciously move our head to apply the motion parallax cue.

• Our eyes recognize that images of giants are illusions.

According to Gestalt psychologists, the way in which you quickly group the individual letters in this test item into separate words best illustrates the principle of

• closure

• proximity

• interposition

• perceptual constancy

The fact that we recognize objects as having a consistent form regardless of changing viewing angles illustrates

• interposition

• closure

• perceptual constancy

• linear perspective

Grass seen through sunglasses appears as green as it does without glasses. This best illustrates

• Weber's law

• interposition

• retinal disparity

• color constancy

The organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences.  

• Senstation
• Perception
• Gestalt Awareness
• Sensory organization