3.1 sensation and perception

process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment

• Sensation

• Perception

• Depth Perception

• Gestalt

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

• Sensation

• Perception

• Depth Perception

• Gestalt

the ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are

• Sensation

• Perception

• Depth Perception

• Gestalt

an organized whole. These psychologists emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes

• Sensation

• Perception

• Depth Perception

• Gestalt

Analysis that begins with the sense receptors & works up to the brain’s integration of sensory information. You begin by examining small details & piece them together into a larger picture

• Bottom-up Processing

• Top-Down Processing

• Depth Perception

• Visual Cliff

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Information processing guided by higher-level mental processes. As when we construct perceptions drawing on our experience & expectations.

• Bottom-up Processing

• Top-Down Processing

• Depth Perception

• Visual Cliff

Ia laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants and young animals

• Bottom-up Processing

• Top-Down Processing

• Depth Perception

• Visual Cliff

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NGSS.4-LS1-2

Objects close together will be viewed together visually.

• Proximity

• Closure

• Similarity

• Continuity

• Figure & Ground

The brain is good at filling in gaps to create a whole

• Proximity

• Closure

• Similarity

• Continuity

• Figure & Ground

Two items that share attributes will be visually grouped together

• Proximity

• Closure

• Similarity

• Continuity

• Figure & Ground