Psychological Factors of Visual Perception

Gestalt principles are ​ (a)   factors that influence visual perception. Applying Gestalt principles to visual perception is an example of ​ (b)   because our ​ (c)   experience and knowledge enable ​ (d)   processing of the visual information with significantly ​ (e)   incoming visual information.

• psychological
• top-down processing
• prior
• faster
• reduced
• social
• bottom-up processing
• current
• slower
• increased

The Gestalt principle of ​ (a)   involves mentally imagining an outline around the pattern of the black dots, we perceive an image of a ​ (b)   . Our brain ​ (c)   in the missing information based on our ​ (d)   of that stimulus, either real or imagined.​ ​

• closure
• dog
• fills
• prior experience
• proximity
• cat
• removes
• context

Match the following

• Figure-ground

• 
• Similarity

• 
• Proximity

• 
• Closure

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Perceptual set is a

(a)   readiness to ​ (b)   something in accordance with what we ​ (c)   it to be. There are many ​ (d)   that affect perceptual set, including context, motivation and past ​ (e)   .

• temporary
• perceive
• expect
• factors
• experience
• permanent
• misunderstand
• history
• like

The three influences of perceptual set are; context, ​ (a)   and past experience. Expecting an approaching to increase in size (but not actually change in size) as you wait at the train station would be an example of: ​ (b)   . Whereas, when inspecting cars at a used car yard, perceiving a well-dressed person walking towards you as a car sales person would be an example of; ​ (c)   .

• motivation
• past experience
• context
• emotions

Visual constancies refer to the ability of our visual system to perceive objects as ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   despite changes in the viewing conditions. For ​ (c)   , this means that an object's perceived size remains constant even as its distance from us changes. ​ (d)   allows us to recognize an object's shape as constant even when viewed from different ​ angles. Lastly,​ (e)   helps us perceive an object’s orientation as stable despite changes in its angle or rotation.

• stable
• size constancy
• Shape constancy
• orientation constancy
• consistent
• variable
• inconsistent
• changing
• fluctuating