M3L5 Perception

a depth cue; because of the distance between the two eyes, each eye receives a slightly different retinal image

• Binocular disparity/retinal disparity

• lightness constancy/ brightness constancy

• Monocular cues

• Binocular cues

Perceived movement of a stationary stimulus, usually caused by movement of a surrounding framework or nearby objects.

• Monocular cues

• Depth perception

• Induced motion

• Shape constancy

lines tend to be seen as following the smoothest path

• law of common fate
• law of good continuation
• law of proximity
• law of similarity

an illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession

• Parapsychology
• Phi phenomenon
• Depth perception
• Binocular cues

we perceive an object as having a constant lightness even while its illumination varies

• Size constancy
• lightness constancy/ brightness constancy
• Figure-ground perception
• Binocular disparity/retinal disparity

the ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows us to judge distance

• Shape constancy
• Binocular cues
• Depth perception
• Size constancy

the tendency to interpret an object as always being the same actual size, regardless of its distance

• Size constancy

• Depth perception

• Binocular cues

• Shape constancy

a set of mental tendencies and assumptions that greatly affects what we perceive. a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another

• shape constancy

• stroboscopic movement

• binocular cues

• perceptual set

elements close to one another tend to be perceived as a unit

• law of proximity
• law of closure
• law of similarity
• law of common fate

depth cues, such as retinal disparity, that depend on the use of two eyes

• Phi phenomenon
• Binocular cues
• Size constancy
• Depth perception