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AP Psych Unit 3, Lesson 4 Visual Organization and Interpretation, Module 23 pgs. 233-41
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AP Psych Unit 3, Lesson 4 Visual Organization and Interpretation, Mod23 pgs. 233-41
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1. Gestalt princi- Gestalt psychologists searched for rules by which the
ples brain organizes fragments of sensory data into gestalts.
In pointing out that the whole may exceed the sum of its
parts, they noted that we filter sensory information and
construct our perceptions.
2. Necker cube il- The individual elements of this figure, called a Necker
lustrate Gestalt cube, are really nothing but eight blue circles, each con-
taining three converging white lines. When we view these
elements all together, however, we see a cube that some-
times reverses direction.
3. figure-ground To recognize an object, we must first perceive it (see it as
a figure) as distinct from its surroundings (the ground).
We bring order and form to stimuli by organizing them
into meaningful groups, following such rules as proximity,
continuity, and closure.
4. figure ground ex- See if you can reverse the figure and make it the ground...
ample now try making the ground the figure. Your choice of what
is figure is what creates this illusion.
, AP Psych Unit 3, Lesson 4 Visual Organization and Interpretation, Mod
23 pgs. 233-41
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5. grouping (prox- See if you can reverse the figure and make it the ground...
imity now try making the ground the figure. Your choice of what
is figure is what creates this illusion.
6. continuity A Gestalt law of grouping that states we perceive smooth,
continuous patterns rather than discontinuous ones.
This pattern could be a series of alternating semicircles,
but we perceive it as two continuous lines—one wavy, one
straight.
7. closure A Gestalt law of grouping that states we fill in gaps to
create a complete, whole object. Thus we assume that the
circles on the left are complete but partially blocked by
the (illusory) triangle. Add nothing more than little line
segments to close off the circles and your brain stops
constructing a triangle.
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