HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON P SYCHOLOGY PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE 1 Chapter 4 Rules of Perceptual Organization Perception—the way in which we organize or make sense of our sensory impressions (sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell). There are many different ways in which people make sense of sensory information. Section 5: Perception

HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON P SYCHOLOGY PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE 2 Chapter 4 Gestalt psychologists apply the principle that “the whole is more than the sum of the parts” Closure – the tendency to perceive a complete or whole figure even when there are gaps in what your senses tell you. Section 5: Perception

HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON P SYCHOLOGY PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE 3 Chapter 4 It is because you are familiar with dogs and that you try to fit the pieces of information into a familiar pattern.

HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON P SYCHOLOGY PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE 4 Chapter 4 LAWS OF SENSORY PERCEPTION (continued) Figure-ground perception – the perception of a figure against a background. What we perceive as the figure and what we perceive as the background influences our perception.

HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON P SYCHOLOGY PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE 5 Chapter 4

HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON P SYCHOLOGY PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE 6 Chapter 4 LAWS OF SENSORY PERCEPTION (continued) Proximity - the tendency to group together visual and auditory events that are near each other. Similarity - we think of similar objects a belonging together. Continuity - usually prefer to see smooth continuous lines.

HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON P SYCHOLOGY PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE 7 Chapter 4

HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON P SYCHOLOGY PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE 8 Chapter 4 To sense movement, humans need to see an object change its position relative to other objects. Stroboscopic Motion (illusion of movement) — is produced by showing the rapid progression of images or objects that are not moving at all. Section 5: Perception