Module 23: Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing

Readings

Module 23, Visual Organization and Interpretation, pages 233-43.

Learning Targets

23-1 Describe the Gestalt psychologists’ understanding of perceptual organization, and explain how figure-ground and grouping principles contribute to our perceptions.

23-2 Explain how we use binocular and monocular cues to perceive the world in three dimensions, and discuss how we perceive motion.

23-3 Explain how perceptual constancies help us construct meaningful perceptions.

23-4 Describe what research on restored vision, sensory restriction, and perceptual adaptation reveals about the effects of experience on perception.