1. Chapter 6 Perception - Type of Processing Explanation
Bottom Up Processing:
Top Down Processing:
Perceptual Consistency
Explanation
Color Consistency:
Size Consistency:
Shape Consistency:
Put the following words in to the diagram above to show the difference in top-down and bottom-up processing:
Ideas/details
Main Ideas
Phrases
Themes
Words
Perceptual Organization
Definition
Figure:
Ground:
In the picture at the right, both A and B are horizontally symmetrical, and have black and white regions of equal size. Despite that, and even though the two figures are actually color-reversed versions of each other, people show preference for seeing the black region as the figure in A and the white region as the figure in B
Label both figure A and B with the “figure” and the “ground.” Explain why you labeled them this way.
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2. Chapter 6 Perception Principal: ____________________
Gestalt Principals of Perceptual Grouping
Definition
Law of Similarity:
Law of Proximity:
Law of Continuity:
Law of Common Fate:
Law of Pragnanz:
Law of Closure
For each of the images below, tell me which Gestalt principal is being used and explain why that is the principal
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Explanation: _________________
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