Essentials of Understanding Psychology

Robert S. Feldman

Chapter 11 Perceptual Organization: Constructing Our View of the World - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

01:07

Problem 1

Match each of the following organizational laws with its meaning:
a. Closure
b. Proximity
c. Similarity
d. Simplicity
1. Elements close together are grouped together
2. Patterns are perceived in the most basic, direct manner possible.
3. Groupings are made in terms of complete figures.
4. Elements similar in appearance are grouped together.

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01:02

Problem 2

______ analysis deals with the way in which we break an object down into its component pieces in order to understand it.

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01:30

Problem 3

Processing that involves higher functions such as expectations and motivations is known as ______, whereas processing that recognizes the individual components of a stimulus is known as ______.

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01:25

Problem 4

When a car passes you on the road and appears to shrink as it gets farther away, the phenomenon of ______ permits you to realize that the car is not in fact getting smaller.

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01:26

Problem 5

______ is the ability to view the world in three dimensions instead of two.

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01:59

Problem 6

The brain makes use of a phenomenon known as ______, or the difference in the images the two eyes see, to give three dimensions to sight.

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02:14

Problem 7

Match the monocular cues with their definitions.
a. Relative size
b. Linear perspective
c. Motion parallax
1. Straight lines seem to join together as they become more distant.
2. An object changes position on the retina as the head moves.
3. If two objects are the same size, the one producing the smaller retinal image is farther away.

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