25 Psychology Chapter 8 Perceptions

emphasizes that the whole experience is greater than the sum of its parts.

• Gestalt Psychology

• Behaviorism

• Cognitivism

• Perceptive Psychology

a monocular cue where how smooth an object looks will help us determine how close the object is

• retinal disparity

• linear perspective

• texture gradient

• convergence

the organization of the visual field into objects that stand out from their surroundings

• fore-background relationship

• figure-ground relationship

• object-background relationship

• signal-noise relationship

Our experiences and expectations do not influence our organization and interpretation of sensory information.

• False

• True

Grouping where we place items into a group based on how close they are to other items

• closure

• similarity

• proximity

• continuity

Figure-ground relationships only exist for our visual sensation.

• True

• False

depth cues that require the use of both eyes

• monocular

• unicular

• diocular

• binocular

We are all exposed to the same audio, motion, touch and color sensations.

• True

• False

a binocular depth cue resulting from slightly different images produced by the retina of the left eye and the retina of the right eye

• retinal disparity

• linear perspective

• texture gradient

• convergence

a monocular cue where parallel lines seems to draw together in the distance

• retinal disparity

• linear perspective

• texture gradient

• convergence