Visual capture: the tendency for vision to dominate the other senses
Gestalt psychology: Gestalt means an "organized whole" these psychologists emphasize our tendency to integrate prices of information into meaningful wholes
-the whole is greater than the sum of its part
Figure ground relationship: the organization of the visual field into objects (figures) that stand out from their surroundings (ground)
Grouping: the perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into groups that we understand
Proximity: we group nearby figures together
Similarity: we group similar figures together
Continuity: we group continuous patterns together
Connectedness: we group together uniform and linked figures
Depth perception: the ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two dimensional
-allow us to judge distance
Binocular cues: depth cues that depend on two eyes
Retina disparity: a binocular cue for seeing depth
-the closet an object comes to you the greater the disparity is between the two images
Monocular cues: depth cues that depend on one eye
Interposition: if something is blocking our view, we perceive it as closer
Relative size: if we know that two objects are similar in size, the one that looks smaller is farther away
Relative clarity: we assume hazy objects are farther away
Texture gradient: the coarser it looks, the closer it is
Relative height: things higher in out field of vision, they look farther away
Relative motion: things that are closer appear to move more quickly
Linear perspective: parallel lines seems to converge with distance
Light and Shadow: dimmer objects appear farther away because they reflect less light
Phi phenomenon: an allusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in succession
-ex; christmas lights
Perceptual consistency: perceiving objects as unchanging even as illumination and retinal images changes
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