Gestalt principles

Perceptual set is...

• seeing something in a different way

• a predisposition to perceive something in accordance with our expectations

• perceiving something in a way that is consistent with others

• failing to perceive something

Perceptual set is also known as...

• forced perception

• an experiment

• uniqueness

• expectancy

What factors may lead to someone forming a perceptual set or expectancy?

• context, motivation, emotional state

• internal factor like motivation and emotional state

• situations, feelings, behaviours

• context, motivation, emotional state, past experience, culture

Which image pertains to closure?

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Rubin's vase is a special example of which Gestalt principle?

• Closure

• Similarity

• Proximity

• Figure-ground

Which Gestalt principle explains why you see these lines as a circle and a square?

• Proximity

• Figure-ground

• Closure

• Similarity

Why do we perceive rows 1, 3 and 4 as a single group? (3 answers required)

• Because they are the same shape

• Because they are the same proximity

• Because they are the same size

• Because they are similar colours

Which gestalt principle pertains the the following image?

• Proximity

• Similarity

• Closure

• Figure Ground Perception

Which Gestalt Principle?

• Figure Ground Perception

• Similarity

• Closure

• Proximity

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