Perception Knowledge Check

What is perception?

• The process of sensing the environment through touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing

• The way we organize and make sense of all our sensory impressions

• The tendency to perceive a complete or whole figure even when there are gaps in sensory information

• The perception of figures against a background

Which principle of Gestalt Psychology states that 'the whole is more than the sum of its parts'?

• Closure

• Continuity

• Proximity

• Figure Ground Perception

What does the rule of closure refer to?

• People think of similar objects as belonging together

• Objects that are near to each other appear to form groups

• The perception of figures against a background

• The tendency to perceive a complete or whole figure even when there are gaps in sensory information

What does the rule of proximity state?

• The perception of figures against a background

• The tendency to perceive a complete or whole figure even when there are gaps in sensory information

• Objects that are near to each other appear to form groups

• People think of similar objects as belonging together

According to the rule of similarity, how do people perceive objects?

• As objects that are near to each other forming groups

• As a complete or whole figure even when there are gaps in sensory information

• Against a background

• As similar objects belonging together

What does the rule of continuity state?

• People prefer to see smooth, continuous patterns

• Objects that are near to each other appear to form groups

• The perception of figures against a background

• The tendency to perceive a complete or whole figure even when there are gaps in sensory information

When do we perceive common fate?

• When we see things moving together

• When objects that are near to each other appear to form groups

• When we perceive figures against a background

• When we see a complete or whole figure even when there are gaps in sensory information

What is required for humans to sense movement?

• Seeing an object change its position relative to other objects

• Seeing objects that are not moving appear to move

• Perceiving objects as keeping their color even though different light might change the appearance of their color

• Knowing that an item has only one shape no matter what angle you view it from

What is size constancy?

• The tendency to perceive a complete or whole figure even when there are gaps in sensory information

• The perception of figures against a background

• The tendency to perceive an object as being of one size no matter how far away the object is

• The tendency to perceive objects as keeping their color even though different light might change the appearance of their color