Gestalt Principles, Depth Cues and Perceptual Set

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.

• perception

• sensation

• bottom-up processing

• sensory adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The historical movement associated with the statement “the whole may exceed the sum of its parts” is:

• Parapsychology

• Depth cues

• Functional psychology

• Gestalt psychology

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

Which image pertains to similarity?

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What is Closure?

• Completing gaps within a figure in order to view the stimulus as a whole

• Simplifying a scene into figures and backgrounds

• The perception of objects based on similar features

• The perception of objects that are physically close together as belonging in a group

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

Which Gestalt Principle can be seen here?

• Closure

• Proximity

• Similarity

• Continuity

Gestalt principle?

• Closure
• Proximity
• Figure/Ground
• Continuation

Gestalt principle?

• Continuation
• Proximity
• Closure
• Figure/Ground