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Agenda – Wednesday, January 29th
• Reading Quiz #3• S&P Terms/Notes• S&P Group assignment• Tomorrow: S&P Group assignment
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Sensation & Perception
• Sensation: Process by which humans receive stimuli
• Perception: Process of organizing and interpreting sensory information
Weber’s Law
• The principle that, to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage (rather than a constant amount)
• Example 1:– Class Chatter: 10 decibels -Teacher Talking: 13 decibels– Class Chatter: 50 decibels -Teacher Talking: 53 decibels
• Example 2:– Holding 1 Psych book -Holding 2 Psych books– Holding 6 Psych books -Holding 12 Psych books
Gestalt Principles
• Similarity• Proximity• Closure• Continuity• Connectedness
Depth Cues
• Binocular (2 eyes)– Retinal Disparity– Convergence
• Monocular (1 eye)– Relative Height– Relative Size– Interposition– Linear Perspective– Relative Motion– Light & Shadow– Texture Gradient– Relative Clarity
Phi Phenomenon
• Illusion of movement created by blinking lights
• http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/mot-adapt/index.html
• http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/cog_Darwin/index.html
• http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/cog_letters-ink/index.html
• http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/cog_hiddenBird/index.html