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1. Even on the clearest night, some stars cannot be seen by the naked eye because they are below the viewer’s _________ threshold.
2. If you jump into a cold lake but moments later the water no longer seems so cold, sensory ________ has occurred.
3. If you are immobilized in a hospital bed, with no one to talk to and no TV or radio, and you feel edgy and disoriented, you may be suffering the effects of ________.
4. During a break from your job as a server in a restaurant, you decide to read. For 20 minutes, you are so engrossed that you fail to notice the clattering of dishes or orders being called out to the cook. This is an example of ________.
5. _____________ is a rare condition in which stimulation of one sense also evokes a sensation in another.
VISION
A LITTLE BACKGROUND
More information comes through our eyes than any other sense organ
SO
VISION IS OUR MOST VALUABLE SENSE!
GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY
“THE ___________ is more important
than the parts”
IN OTHER WORDS, we tend to perceive
finished products more than their individual components
GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY
People ALWAYS organize the visual field into 2 parts
_____________: stands out from the rest of the environment
_____________: the background
Selective Attention helps us perceive between ground and figure
1. _____________________Things that are near each other tend to be
grouped together.
2. _____________________In order to complete forms, the brain
FILLS IN THE GAPS!
3. _____________________ Things that alike (by size, shape, color, etc.) tend to be perceived as belonging to each other
4. _____________________Lines and patterns tend to be perceived as continuing in time and space.
GESTALT PRINCIPLES
GESTALT PRINCIPLES are strongly impressed on the mind…so much so that they dominate other aspects of our vision
Try to say the names of the colors you see, but NOT the actual words as
fast as you can!
BLUE YELLOW RED GREEN
GREEN BLUE YELLOW RED
YELLOW BLUE RED GREEN
RED GREEN BLUE YELLOW
BLUE RED YELLOW GREEN
FIGURE AND FIGURE AND GROUND GROUND
EXAMPLES!EXAMPLES!
Your eyes have trouble distinguishingFIGURE and GROUND
ALL these lines are perfectly straight!